Matthew 5:44 - Plain English Version

⁴⁴ But I’m telling you to do more than that. You have to love your enemies too. And if anyone makes trouble for you, pray to God and ask him to be good to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁴ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁴ But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, [Prov. 25:21, 22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁴ but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

Common English Bible

⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who harass you

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.

Matthew 5:44 Cross References

John 13:34

Listen, you have to love each other, just as much as I loved you. This is a new thing I’m telling you, and you have to do it.

Acts 16:28

But Paul saw the jail boss and shouted to him, “Don’t hurt yourself. We are all here.”

Acts 7:60

Then he went down on to his knees, and he shouted, “Jesus, don’t blame these men for doing this bad thing.” And after he said that, he died.

Romans 12:14

If anyone makes trouble for you, don’t ask God to punish them, but ask him to help them.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

If somebody does something bad to you, don’t try to do payback to them, but always try to be good to each other and to everyone else too.

1 Peter 2:23

People rubbished him, but he didn’t rubbish them back. They hit him with whips, but he didn’t talk to them in a bad way. No, he trusted God. God is the one that judges fairly.

1 Peter 3:9

If somebody rubbishes you, don’t rubbish them back. If somebody does wrong to you, don’t do payback to them. Instead of that, you have to ask God to be good to them. God picked you to be in his family and to live like that. And if you are good to people like that, God will be good to you too.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are a good man, I am not. You are good to me, but I am giving you a hard time.