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Matthew 5:44, the forty-fourth verse in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, also found in Luke 6:27–36, [1] is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the second verse of the final antithesis, that on the commandment to "Love thy neighbour as thyself". In the chapter, Jesus refutes the teaching of some that one ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. The World English Bible translates the passage as: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'" The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
Regarding love for enemies, Jesus is quoted in the Gospel of Matthew chapter five: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
43 You have heard that it was said, "Love your neighbor [20] and hate your enemy." 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
“Honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.” — Matthew 19:19 “Train children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.”
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. [22] "The ungrateful and the evil": or "the unthankful" and "the immoral". [23]
To Nolland, this verse is not an attack on any particular group, but rather a continuation of the theme of God and Mammon begun at Matthew 6:24 and that verse is an attack on wasteful spending. We should put all of our resources to God, as everything is like dogs and pigs compared to him. [ 4 ]
Matthew 5:46 is the forty-sixth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the final antithesis, built on the commandment "Love thy neighbour as thyself". Jesus here gives another example of why one must love one's enemies.