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Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
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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 [and pray ye for men pursuing, and falsely challenging you];
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that ye be the sons of your Father that is in heavens, that maketh his sun to rise upon good men and evil [that maketh his sun to rise on good and on evil men], and raineth on just men and unjust.
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For if ye love them that love you, what meed shall ye have? whether [the] publicans do not this thing?
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And if ye greet your brethren only, what shall ye do more? do not heathen men this? [And if ye greet, or salute, your brethren only, what moreover shall ye do? whether and pagans do not this thing?]
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Therefore be ye perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.