42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.(A)

Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a](B) and hate your enemy.’(C) 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,(D) 45 that you may be children(E) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:43 Lev. 19:18

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