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Love Your Enemies

27 “But I say to you who hear, (A)Love your enemies, (B)do good to those who hate you, 28 (C)bless those who curse you, (D)pray for those who abuse you.

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Love for Enemies(A)

27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,(B) 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.(C)

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20 To the contrary, (A)“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

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20 On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:20 Prov. 25:21,22

(A)“If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.

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“If you come across your enemy’s(A) ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.(B)

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29 “If I have (A)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
    or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ((B)I have not let my mouth sin
    by asking for his life with a curse),

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29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(A)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(B)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(C)

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if I have repaid (A)my friend[a] with evil
    or (B)plundered my enemy without cause,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:4 Hebrew the one at peace with me

if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause(A) have robbed my foe—

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