Those who live by mercy will always be disposed to practise mercy, especially to a human being which is so dependent on the mercy of others as the unborn child.
—Karl Barth in Church Dogmatics: The Doctrine of Creation (III:4). Christianity Today, Vol. 43, no. 5., Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "MERCY".
Matthew 5:7 (TLB) Happy are the kind and merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.
Luke 6:36 (NET1) Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 1:50 (AMP) And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age.
