Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, New Living Translation But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! English Standard Version But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Berean Standard Bible But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Berean Literal Bible But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those persecuting you, King James Bible But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; New King James Version But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, New American Standard Bible But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, NASB 1995 “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, NASB 1977 “But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you Legacy Standard Bible But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Amplified Bible But I say to you, love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Christian Standard Bible But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Holman Christian Standard Bible But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, American Standard Version but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; Aramaic Bible in Plain English But I say to you, love your enemies and bless the one who curses you, and do what is beautiful to the one who hates you, and pray over those who take you by force and persecute you. Contemporary English Version But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. Douay-Rheims Bible But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: English Revised Version but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; GOD'S WORD® Translation But I tell you this: Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. Good News Translation But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, International Standard Version But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, Literal Standard Version but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you, Majority Standard Bible 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, New American Bible But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, NET Bible But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, New Revised Standard Version But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, New Heart English Bible But I tell you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, Webster's Bible Translation But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you; Weymouth New Testament But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors; World English Bible 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, Young's Literal Translation but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Love Your Enemies…43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that 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.… Cross References 1 Samuel 24:17 and said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil. Proverbs 19:11 A man's insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. Luke 6:27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up His garments by casting lots. John 13:34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. Treasury of Scripture But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you; Exodus 23:4,5 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again… 2 Kings 6:22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 2 Chronicles 28:9-15 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven… Jump to Previous Accusing Bless Command Cruel Curse Cursing Despitefully Enemies Falsely Good Hate Hating Insult Love Mistreat Persecute Persecuting Persecutors Prayer UseJump to Next Accusing Bless Command Cruel Curse Cursing Despitefully Enemies Falsely Good Hate Hating Insult Love Mistreat Persecute Persecuting Persecutors Prayer UseMatthew 5 1. Jesus' sermon on the mount:3. The Beattitudes; 13. the salt of the earth; 14. the light of the world. 17. He came to fulfill the law. 21. What it is to kill; 27. to commit adultery; 33. to swear. 38. He exhorts to forgive wrong, 43. to love our enemies; 48. and to labor after perfection. (44) Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.--The latter words are omitted in so many of the most ancient MSS. that most recent editors hold that they were inserted in the fourth or fifth century, so as to bring the verse into verbal agreement with Luke 6:28. Taking it as it stands here, we note (1) the extension of the command to love our neighbour (Leviticus 19:18), so that it includes even those whom natural impulse prompts us to hate; (2) the stress laid on prayer as the highest utterance of that love. In such cases, circumstances may preclude acts which would be rejected, and words that would be met with scorn, but the prayer that they too may be delivered from the evil which has been their curse is always in our power, and in so praying we are drawing near to the mind of God, and asking that our wills may be as His.Verse 44. - Parallel passage: Luke 6:27, 28. But I say unto you, Love your enemies. Of all kinds, whether personal or opponents of you as Christians. Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. Rightly omitted by the Revised Version as interpolated from Luke, (For the thought, cf. 1 Corinthians 4:12; Romans 12:14.) And pray. In fullest contrast to the continual ill-wishing of the enemy. "They who can pray for their enemies can accomplish the rest" (Weiss, 'Life,' 2:154). Thus to pray is to come very near to the spirit of Christ (cf. Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60). As a modern example: "Some persons had never had a particular place in my prayers, but for the injuries they have done to me" (Burkitt, ' Diary,' in Ford, on ver. 5). For them that despitefully use you, and persecute you. The words, "that despitefully use you and," are to be omitted, with the Revised Version, as in effect interpolated from Luke. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. love ἀγαπᾶτε (agapate) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. enemies ἐχθροὺς (echthrous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2190: Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. pray προσεύχεσθε (proseuchesthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. those who τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. persecute διωκόντων (diōkontōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 1377: To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute. you, ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. 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