Verse 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.

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 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.