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.