( H) 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? ( I) Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. We are taught to love God and our neighbors. The Bible tells us again and again to love. By loving and praying for our enemies, we can overcome evil with good. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. And the tempter came and said to Him, If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.read more. Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. The Love Your Enemies Bible verse is a reflection of Jesus’ radical response to injustice. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ( C) Love for EnemiesĤ3 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor ( D) and hate your enemy.’ ( E) 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ( F) 45 that you may be children ( G) of your Father in heaven.

42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. ( B) 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. ( Matthew 5:44 Luke 6:27, 35) His words mean that we should act lovingly toward those who hate us or treat us unjustly. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. In his famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said: Love your enemies. In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ ( A) 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Luke 6:28.

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