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12 They mourned and wept and fasted all day for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the Lord’s army and the nation of Israel, because they had died by the sword that day.

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44 But I say, love your enemies![a] Pray for those who persecute you!

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Footnotes

  1. 5:44 Some manuscripts add Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you. Compare Luke 6:27-28.

17 Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall;
    don’t be happy when they stumble.

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13 Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
    I denied myself by fasting for them,
    but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
    as if I were grieving for my own mother.

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All Christians

Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters.[a] Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.

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  1. 3:8 Greek Show brotherly love.

29 Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?

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You drink wine by the bowlful
    and perfume yourselves with fragrant lotions.
    You care nothing about the ruin of your nation.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:6 Hebrew of Joseph.

35 David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”

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[a]If only my head were a pool of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
    for all my people who have been slaughtered.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:1 Verse 9:1 is numbered 8:23 in Hebrew text.

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