Text -- Luke 6:36 (NET)

6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 6:36

¹ sn Merciful is a characteristic of God often noted in the OT: Exod 34:6; Deut 4:31; Joel 2:31; Jonah 4:2; 2 Sam 24:14. This remark also echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”