Love Your Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor(A)[a] and hate your enemy. 44 But I tell you, love your enemies[b] and pray for those who[c] persecute you,(B) 45 so that you may be[d] sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:43 Lv 19:18
  2. Matthew 5:44 Other mss add bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you,
  3. Matthew 5:44 Other mss add mistreat you and
  4. Matthew 5:45 Or may become, or may show yourselves to be

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