³³ Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

¹³ Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord^[a] has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

³² Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.^[a](A) 5 ¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,^{(B) 2} and walk in love, as Christ loved us^[b] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.^(C)

³⁵ Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return.^[a] Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.^{(A) 36} Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,^{(A) 45} so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.^(B)