John Gill Commentary Luke 6:36

"Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful." — Luke 6:36 (ASV)

Be you therefore merciful
Tenderhearted, kind, beneficent to all men, friends and foes:

as your Father also is merciful ;
that is your Father who is in heaven; who is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works: nothing is more common in Zohar ^F25 , and the Talmud ^F26 than to express the Divine Being by no other name, than "the Merciful"; (rma) (anmxr) , "the Merciful said" so, and so; that is, God: and so the Arabians generally begin their books and chapters with these words, "in the name of God, exceeding merciful", or "the merciful commiserator": a saying much like to this in the text, is the Targum of Jonathan, on (Leviticus 22:28) .

O my people, the children of "Israel, as your father", (Nmxr) , "is merciful" in heaven, so be you merciful on earth.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F25: Zohar in Lev. fol. 2. 2. & 9. 4. & 20. 1. & 22. 1.
• F26: T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 15. 2.