Matthew 5:43-44

Love for Enemies

5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ ¹  and ‘hate your enemy.’ 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemy and ²  pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 19:19

19:19 honor your father and mother, ³  and love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁴ 

Matthew 23:6

23:6 They ⁵  love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues ⁶ 

Matthew 24:12

24:12 and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

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¹ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

² tc Most mss ([D] L [W] Θ Ë¹³ 33 Ï lat) read “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you,” before “those who persecute you.” But this is surely a motivated reading, importing the longer form of this aphorism from Luke 6:27-28. The shorter text is found in א B ˹ pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.

³ sn A quotation from Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20.

⁴ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.