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Love Your Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
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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 spitefully use you and persecute you,
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For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
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The Model Prayer
“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
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You Cannot Serve God and Riches
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
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He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
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Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
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And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
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They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
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Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”
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And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
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And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
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And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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Beware of the Scribes
Then He said to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,
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Love Your Enemies
“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
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“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
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“for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue.”
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And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”
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Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
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So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
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“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
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Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
