Matthew 5:43 You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.… When a large house-dog comes out with an announcement of himself, a man knows what he has got to meet: but when one of those little nasty Spitz dogs that don't bark at all, but run behind and nip, you don't know whether to run or to stand still, whether to fight or to give it up. An enemy that is an enemy outwardly and openly, and strikes fair blows, can be met; but whisperers, backbiters, mean folks that follow you, and nip you, and sneak in and out of the fence to save themselves, we do not know how to deal with; and yet we are commanded to pray for them. (Beecher.) Parallel Verses 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.' |
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