Matthew 5:43-48

43 "¹You have heard that it was said, '²YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR ³and hate your enemy.'

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

45 so that you may be ⁵sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

46 "For ⁶if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

47 "If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

48 "Therefore ⁷you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Cross References

• 1. Matt 5:21, 27, 33, 38
• 2. Leviticus 19:18
• 3. Deuteronomy 23:3-6
• 4. Luke 6:27; Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; Romans 12:20
• 5. Matthew 5:9; Luke 6:35; Acts 14:17
• 6. Luke 6:32
• 7. Leviticus 19:2; Deuteronomy 18:13; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Philippians 3:12-15

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "show yourselves to be"
• [b]. Lit "you shall be"