44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. …
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, …
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: …
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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 the…
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