Matthew 5:43-48

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴³ “You have heard that it has been said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy’.

⁴⁴ “But I say to you love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who hurt you and persecute you,

⁴⁵ “so that you may be the children of your Father, Who is in Heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and unjust.

⁴⁶ “For if you love those who love you, what reward shall you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

⁴⁷ “And if you are only friendly to your brothers, what singular thing do you do? Do not even the tax collectors do likewise?

⁴⁸ “You shall therefore be perfect, as your Father, Who is in Heaven, is perfect.”