Matthew 5:43
41 and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
- KJV
- Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- WEB
- “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
- ASV
- Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:
- DARBY
- Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.
- BLB
- You⁺ heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and shall hate your enemy.’
- ÅB
- «Dere har hørt at det er sagt: ‘Du skal elske din neste og hate din fiende.’
- OTB
- Dere har hørt at det ble sagt: ‘Elsk din neste og hat din fiende.’
- B1930
- I har hørt at det er sagt: Du skal elske din næste og hate din fiende.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 139:21–22
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
Read in contextGalatians 5:13–14
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Read in contextMatthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 23:6
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
Read in contextJames 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Read in contextMark 12:31–34
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
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