42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

The Sermon on the Mount: Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’[a] and ‘Hate your enemy.’[b] 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:43 A quotation from Lev 19:18
  2. Matthew 5:43 An allusion to Deut 23:3–6