Matthew 5:45

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So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

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  • Ps 145:9 : 9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all he has made.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts.
  • Job 25:3 : 3 Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
  • John 13:35 : 35 'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

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    42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

    43You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

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  • Luke 6:27-36
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    27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

    29If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

    32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

    33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

    34If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

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    36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  • Matt 5:46-48
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    46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

    47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

    48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • Matt 7:11-12
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    11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

    12So in everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

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    9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

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    14For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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    35This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.

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    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

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    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

    9This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

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    23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

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    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone who has ears listen!

  • Mark 11:25-26
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    25'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'

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    9And masters, treat your slaves in the same way, without threatening them, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

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    4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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    14In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.

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    14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

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    45A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.