Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
43You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.
Cross References
Exodus 23:4If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.
2 Chronicles 28:9At that time there was a prophet of the Lord there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: Be- hold the Lord the God of your fathers being angry with Juda, hath delivered them into your hands, and you have butchered them cruelly, so that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven.
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
Luke 6:27But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.
Luke 23:34And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.
Acts 16:28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying: Do thyself no harm, for we all are 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 →