^18 (A)You shall not take vengeance, ^(B)nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but ^(C)you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

⁴³ “^(A)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(B)You shall love your neighbor ^(C)and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I say to you, ^(D)love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that you may ^[a]be ^(E)sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For ^(F)if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ⁴⁷ If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸ Therefore ^[b](G)you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

³⁷ And He said to him, “‘^(A)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the great and ^[a]foremost commandment. ³⁹ The second is like it, ‘^(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ^40 (C)On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

^41 (D)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: ⁴² “What do you think about ^[b]the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “^(E)The son of David.” ⁴³ He *said to them, “Then how does David ^[c](F)in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

⁴⁵ If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?” ^46 (H)No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him ^[d]another question.

³⁴ A ^(A)new commandment I give to you, ^(B)that you love one another, ^(C)even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.