SinaiMatthew 5:44
World English Bible
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
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Matthew 5:44 in other translations
but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
Matthew 5:44 in context
- 42Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
- 43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
- 44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
- 45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
- 46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?