27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
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See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: …
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-36)These verses agree with Matt. 5:38; to the end of that chapter: I say unto you that hear (Luke 6:27), to all you that hear, and not to disciples only, for these are lessons of universal concern. He that has an ear, let him hear . Those that diligently hearken to Christ shall find he has something to say to them well worth their hearing. Now the lessons Christ here teacheth us are, I. That we must…
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