Matthew 5:43
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
In Context
42Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
Cross References
Exodus 17:14And LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Deuteronomy 23:6Thou shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days forever.
Psalms 41:10But thou, O LORD, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.
Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.
Matthew 22:39And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Luke 10:27And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:39-43
The Sermon on the Mount. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. In these verses the law… Read the whole commentary →