Matthew 5:43 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴³Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

Matthew 5:43 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Psalms 139:21-22
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? …
Galatians 5:13-14
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. …
Matthew 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Deuteronomy 23:6
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 43-48)

We have here, lastly, an exposition of that great fundamental law of the second table, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, which was the fulfilling of the law. I. See here how this law was corrupted by the comments of the Jewish teachers, Matt. 5:43. God said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour; and by neighbour they understood those only of their own country, nation, and religion; and those only that they…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 43)

43. Ye have heard that it hath been said--(Le 19:18). Thou shalt love thy neighbour--To this the corrupt teachers added, and hate thine enemy--as if the one were a legitimate inference from the other, instead of being a detestable gloss, as Bengel indignantly calls it. Lightfoot quotes some of the cursed maxims inculcated by those traditionists regarding the proper treatment of all Gentiles. No wo…