45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
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.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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 the…
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