Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love ye your enemies, do ye well to them that hate you, and pray ye for them that pursue, and slander you; (But I tell you, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who persecute, and slander you;)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Cross References
Exodus 23:4If thou meetest thine enemy’s ox, either his ass, straying, lead it again to him. (If thou seest thy enemy’s ox, or his donkey, straying, lead it back to him.)
2 Chronicles 28:9In that tempest, or (that time of) vengeance, a prophet of the Lord, Oded by name, was there, which went out against the host of Israel coming into Samaria, and he said to them, Lo! the Lord God of your fathers was wroth against Judah, and he hath betaken them in your hands; and ye have slain them cruelly, so that your cruelty stretcheth forth into heaven. (And in that tempest, (or at that time of vengeance), a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army (of Israel) coming back to Samaria, and he said to them, Behold! the Lord God of your fathers was angry against Judah, and so he delivered them into your hands; but ye have cruelly killed them, so that your cruelty stretcheth forth unto heaven.)
Psalms 35:13But when they were dis-easeful to me; I was clothed in an hair-shirt. I meeked my soul in fasting; and my prayer shall be turned (again) into my bosom. (But yet when they were sick; I was clothed in a hair-shirt. I humbled myself with fasting; and I prayed to the Lord for them.)
Luke 6:27But I say to you that hear, love ye your enemies, do ye well to them that hated you [or do ye well to them that hate you];
Luke 23:34But Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they parted his clothes, and cast lots (for them), (or And they divided up his clothes, and threw dice for them).
Acts 16:28But Paul cried with a great voice, and said, Do thou none harm to thyself [or Do thou nothing of evil to thyself], for all we be here. (But Paul cried with a loud voice, and said, Do not harm thyself, for all of us still be 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 →