Matthew 5:43-47
Love Your Enemies
43 a“You have heard that it was said, b‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, aLove your enemies and bpray for those who persecute you, 45 aso that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and bsends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 aFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even athe Gentiles do the same?
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