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Blessit be merciful men: for thai sal get mercy.

From BBC

God always said he would, but Abraham never asked if he would be merciful for one.

On abortion, Francis said priests should be "merciful" towards women who have terminated a pregnancy, but said the practice remains unacceptable.

From Reuters

“Honor is not enough. Valor is not enough. Law is not enough. Those whom we send to war also must be merciful,” he concludes.

In one campaign by his church, his portrait appeared next to a Bible verse from Luke: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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