Matthew 5:44
But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.
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Exodus 23:4If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him.
2 Chronicles 28:9At that time, there was a prophet of the Lord there, named Oded. And going out to meet the army arriving in Samaria, he said to them: “Behold, the Lord, the God of your fathers, having become angry against Judah, has delivered them into your hands. But you have killed them by atrocities, so that your cruelty has reached up to heaven.
Psalms 35:13In that place, those who work iniquity have fallen. They have been expelled; they were not able to stand.
Luke 6:27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do.” And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.
Acts 16:28But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying: “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:44-48
The Sermon on the Mount. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do… Read the whole commentary →