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Matthew 5:43-48
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’(A) 44 But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,(B) 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.(C) 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the gentiles do the same? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(D)

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Matthew 5:43-48
Holman 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] sons 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, 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. Matthew 5:43 Lv 19:18
  2. Matthew 5:44 Other mss add bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you,
  3. Matthew 5:44 Other mss add mistreat you and
  4. Matthew 5:45 Or may become, or may show yourselves to be
  5. Matthew 5:47 Or doing that is superior; lit doing more
  6. Matthew 5:47 Other mss read tax collectors
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