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:''But I tell you who hear me: '''love your enemies''', do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who ill-treat you... '''If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!''' And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that! ...'''Love your enemies and do good to them'''; lend and expect nothing back. '''You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God.''' For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), Lk 6:27–36.</ref> | :''But I tell you who hear me: '''love your enemies''', do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who ill-treat you... '''If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!''' And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that! ...'''Love your enemies and do good to them'''; lend and expect nothing back. '''You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God.''' For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), Lk 6:27–36.</ref> | ||
:''A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. '''By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.'''<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Jn 13:34–35. | :''A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. '''By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.'''<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Jn 13:34–35.</ref> | ||
Paul states in 1 Corinthians 13 that | Paul states in 1 Corinthians 13 that | ||