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Matthew 5:43-48
World English Bible

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor Leviticus 19:18 and hate your enemy.’[a] 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 45 that you may be 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 the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? 47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors[b] do the same? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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  1. 5:43 not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
  2. 5:47 NU reads “Gentiles” instead of “tax collectors”.
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Matthew 5:43-48
Christian Standard Bible

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] children 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) 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what are you doing out of the ordinary?[e](D) Don’t even the Gentiles[f] do the same? 48 Be perfect,(E) therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:43 Lv 19:18
  2. 5:44 Other mss add bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you,
  3. 5:44 Other mss add mistreat you and
  4. 5:45 Or may become, or may show yourselves to be
  5. 5:47 Or doing that is superior; lit doing more
  6. 5:47 Other mss read tax collectors
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