Matthew 5:43
You have heard that it was said — ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thy enemy.’
Twentieth Century 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 who asks of you; and, from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.
44I, however, say to you — Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have heard that to our ancestors it was said — ‘Thou shalt not commit murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to answer for it to the Court.’
Matthew 22:39The second, which is like it, is this — ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost thyself.’
Luke 10:27His reply was — “‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thou dost thyself.’”
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 →