Matthew 5:43
You have heard that it was said – ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Open English Bible (US)
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 anyone who asks and, if someone wants to borrow from you, do not turn them away.
44But what I tell you is this: love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
Cross References
Psalms 41:10But do you, Lord, graciously raise me up, that I may pay them their due reward.
Matthew 5:21“You have heard that to our ancestors it was said – ‘You must not commit murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder will be brought to trial.’
Matthew 22:39The second, which is like it, is this – You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.
Luke 10:27His reply was – “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as you love 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 →