Matthew 5:45
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.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 145:9 : 9 Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
- Luke 6:35 : 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.
- Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."
- Job 25:3 : 3 Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called children of God.
- John 13:35 : 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
- Eph 5:1 : 1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
- 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
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42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
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,
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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.
34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
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.
36 Therefore be merciful, Even as your Father is also merciful.
- Matt 5:46-483 verses77%
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?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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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.
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14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'
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8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
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13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
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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.
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4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
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9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
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7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
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10 Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;
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32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
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35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure{TR adds "of the heart"} brings out evil things.
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10 For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
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45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.