Matthew 5:43-45

Love Your Enemies

43 ¹"You have heard that it was said, ²'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

44 But I say to you, ³Love your enemies and ⁴pray for those who persecute you,

45 ⁵so 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 ⁶sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Cross References

• 1. See ver. 21
• 2. Cited from Leviticus 19:18; See Matthew 19:19
• 3. Luke 6:27, 28; Romans 12:20; [Exodus 23:4; Job 31:29, 30; Psalms 7:4]
• 4. Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 2 Timothy 4:16; 1 Peter 3:9
• 5. Luke 6:35; [Ephesians 5:1; Philippians 2:15]
• 6. Acts 14:17