43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, (A)Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, (B)Love your enemies: bless them that curse you: do good to them that hate you, (C)and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,

45 (D)[a]That ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and unjust.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:45 A double reason: the one is taken of relatives, that children must be like their father: the other is taken of comparison, The children of God must be better, than the children of this world.

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