Mateus 5

Love Your Enemies

43 *See ver. 21"You have heard that it was said, *Cited from Lev. 19:18;See ch. 19:19‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’44 But I say to you, *Luke 6:27,28;Rom. 12:20;[Ex. 23:4;Job 31:29,30;Ps. 7:4] Love your enemies and *Luke 23:34;Acts 7:60;2 Tim. 4:16;1 Pet. 3:9pray for those who persecute you,45 *Luke 6:35;[Eph. 5:1;Phil. 2:15] so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and *Acts 14:17sends rain on the just and on the unjust.46 *Luke 6:32For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?47 And if you greet only your brothers,*5:47 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated "brothers") may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisterswhat more are you doing than others? Do not even *ch. 6:7,32the Gentiles do the same?48 *[Luke 6:36] You therefore must be *ch. 19:21;1 Cor. 2:6(Gk.);Phil. 3:15(Gk.);Col. 1:28;4:12(Gk.);James 1:4;3:2;See Gen. 17:1perfect, *[Lev. 19:2;1 Pet. 1:15]as your heavenly Father is perfect.