THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 5:43 in context
Matthew 5:40–46
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.
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?
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- Leviticus 19:18
- not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
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