Love Your Enemies

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

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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

The Lord's Prayer

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.