Matthew 5:43

You heard that it was said: You will love your neighbor, and will hate your enemy;

Literal Standard 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

42to him who is asking of you be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from you, you may not turn away.

44but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

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Cross References

Exodus 17:14And YHWH says to Moses, “Write this, a memorial in a Scroll, and set [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens”;

Deuteronomy 23:6you do not seek their peace and their good all your days—for all time.

Psalms 41:10And You, YHWH, favor me, || And cause me to rise, || And I give repayment to them.

Matthew 5:21You heard that it was said to the ancients: You will not murder, and whoever may murder will be in danger of the judgment;

Matthew 22:39and the second [is] like to it: You will love your neighbor as yourself;

Luke 10:27And he answering said, “You will love the LORD your God out of all your heart, and out of all your soul, and out of all your strength, and out of all your 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 →

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