Luke 6:36 (NIV) Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Matthew 5:7 (NIV) Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 9:13 (NIV) But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mercy comes down from heaven to earth so that man by practicing it may resemble God. - Giambattista Giraldi (1504-1573)
