Matthew 5:7 (NIV) Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Those who live by mercy will always be disposed to practice 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
Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "MERCY".
