Matthew 5:43

World English Bible (2000)

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
  • Deut 23:6 : 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
  • Exod 17:14-16 : 14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky." 15 Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner. 16 He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"
  • Matt 22:39-40 : 39 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
  • Mark 12:31-34 : 31 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." 32 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.
  • Luke 10:27-29 : 27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Deut 25:17 : 17 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt;
  • Ps 41:10 : 10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
  • Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
  • Matt 5:21 : 21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'

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  • Matt 5:44-47
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    44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

    45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

    46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

    47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

  • Luke 6:27-33
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    27 "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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

    29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.

    30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

    31 "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

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

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

  • Matt 5:38-42
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    38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

    40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

    41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

    42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

  • Luke 6:35
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    35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

  • Matt 22:39
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    39 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Matt 19:19
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    19 'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Rom 12:20
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    20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • Matt 5:11-12
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    11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.

  • Prov 25:21-22
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    21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

    22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

  • John 15:17-18
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    17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

    18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

  • John 15:12
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    12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

  • Matt 5:21
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    21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'

  • Luke 6:22
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    22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

  • Ps 109:5
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    5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

  • John 15:23
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    23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.

  • Luke 10:27
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    27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."

  • Luke 21:17
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    17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.

  • Rom 13:9
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    9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

  • Deut 30:7
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    7 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

  • 2 Sam 19:6
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    6 in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.

  • Jas 2:8
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    8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

  • John 15:25
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    25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9 not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

  • John 13:34
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    34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

  • Luke 10:36-37
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    36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"

    37 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."