Eleos — Mercy

The mercy of the Good Samaritan parable and of 'Blessed are the merciful' — compassion that moves to action.

Eleos in the Bible — example verses

“But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”Matthew 9:13 (KJV)

“But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.”Matthew 12:7 (KJV)

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”Matthew 23:23 (KJV)

“And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.”Luke 1:50 (KJV)

“He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;”Luke 1:54 (KJV)

“And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.”Luke 1:58 (KJV)

“To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;”Luke 1:72 (KJV)

“Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,”Luke 1:78 (KJV)

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