Matthew 5:43
You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 that asks of you; and from him that would borrow of you, turn not away.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges.
Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Luke 10:27He answered and said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole strength, and with your whole understanding, and your neighbor as yourself.
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 →