Matthew 5:43-44

Love Your Enemies

⁴³ _f "You have heard that it was said, _g 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I say to you, _i Love your enemies and _j pray for those who persecute you,

1. Cross References
   Matthew 5:21
   "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 19:18
   You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
   Matthew 19:19
   Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
   
3. Cross References
   Leviticus 19:18
   You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 6:27 - 28
   But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
   Romans 12:20
   To the contrary, "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.
   Exodus 23:4
   If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
   Job 31:29 - 30
   If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
   Psalms 7:4
   If I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 23:34
   And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
   Acts 7:60
   And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
   2 Timothy 4:16
   At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
   1 Peter 3:9
   Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.