Feeling Unloved? These 90+ Love Bible Verses Reveal How Deeply God Cares for You

Here is a list of 100 Bible verses about love from the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), focusing on God's love for us, Jesus's loving actions and teachings, and the love we are called to have for God and others.

The Gospel of Matthew

1. Matthew 5:44 - But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

2. Matthew 6:24 - No one can serve two masters... You cannot serve both God and money.

3. Matthew 7:12 - So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

4. Matthew 9:13 - But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

5. Matthew 10:37 - Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

6. Matthew 12:21 - In his name the nations will put their hope.

7. Matthew 12:50 - For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

8. Matthew 18:6 - If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

9. Matthew 18:10 - See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

10. Matthew 18:33 - Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?

11. Matthew 19:19 - honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.

12. Matthew 22:37-39 - Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

13. Matthew 23:23 - You give a tenth... But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.

14. Matthew 24:12 - Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

15. Matthew 25:35-36 - For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

16. Matthew 25:40 - Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

17. Matthew 26:10 - She has done a beautiful thing to me.

18. Matthew 27:43 - He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'

The Gospel of Mark

1. Mark 1:41 - Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”

2. Mark 3:5 - He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts...

3. Mark 6:34 - When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.

4. Mark 8:2 - “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.”

5. Mark 9:24 - Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”

6. Mark 9:37 - Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me.

7. Mark 9:41 - Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

8. Mark 10:14 - Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

9. Mark 10:21 - Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

10. Mark 10:27 - With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.

11. Mark 12:30-31 - Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.

12. Mark 12:33 - To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

13. Mark 14:3 - While he was in Bethany... a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume... She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

14. Mark 14:6 - “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.”

15. Mark 15:34 - And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

The Gospel of Luke

1. Luke 1:50 - His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.

2. Luke 2:52 - And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

3. Luke 3:6 - And all people will see God’s salvation.

4. Luke 4:18 - The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor... to set the oppressed free.

5. Luke 5:13 - Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”

6. Luke 6:27 - But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.

7. Luke 6:32 - If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

8. Luke 6:35 - But love your enemies, do good to them... Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

9. Luke 6:36 - Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

10. Luke 7:13 - When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

11. Luke 7:42 - Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?

12. Luke 7:47 - Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.

13. Luke 8:48 - Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

14. Luke 9:48 - For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.

15. Luke 10:27 - He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

16. Luke 10:33 - But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.

17. Luke 10:36-37 - Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

18. Luke 11:42 - But woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth... but you neglect justice and the love of God.

19. Luke 12:6-7 - Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

20. Luke 12:27 - Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

21. Luke 13:34 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem... how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

22. Luke 15:4 - Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

23. Luke 15:20 - So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

24. Luke 15:31 - ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.’

25. Luke 17:4 - Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.

26. Luke 18:16 - But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

27. Luke 18:42 - Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”

28. Luke 19:5 - When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”

29. Luke 19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

30. Luke 22:42 - Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.

31. Luke 23:34 - Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

32. Luke 23:43 - Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

33. Luke 24:32 - Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?

The Gospel of John

The Gospel of John is particularly rich in teachings on love, especially from Jesus' own words.

1. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

2. John 3:17 - For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

3. John 3:35 - The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.

4. John 5:20 - For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.

5. John 10:11 - I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

6. John 10:15 - ...and I lay down my life for the sheep.

7. John 10:17 - The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.

8. John 11:3 - So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

9. John 11:5 - Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

10. John 11:33 - When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

11. John 11:35 - Jesus wept.

12. John 11:36 - Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

13. John 13:1 - Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

14. John 13:5 - ...and began to wash his disciples’ feet.

15. John 13:14-15 - Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

16. John 13:23 - One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.

17. John 13:34 - A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

18. John 13:35 - By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

19. John 14:15 - If you love me, keep my commands.

20. John 14:21 - Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.

21. John 14:23 - Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

22. John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

23. John 14:28 - ...for the Father is greater than I.

24. John 14:31 - but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.

25. John 15:9 - As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

26. John 15:10 - If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

27. John 15:12 - My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

28. John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

29. John 15:17 - This is my command: Love each other.

30. John 16:27 - No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

31. John 17:23 - I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

32. John 17:24 - Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

33. John 17:26 - I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.

    100.John 19:26-27- When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”

This list demonstrates that love in the Gospels is not just a feeling, but is revealed in action, sacrifice, mercy, forgiveness, service, obedience, and compassion—ultimately perfectly embodied in the person and work of Jesus Christ.