Matthew 5:44 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Matthew 5:44 Cross References

2 Kings 6:22

He answered, “You shall not slay them. Would you slay those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”

Psalm 7:4

if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

Proverbs 19:11

Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Luke 23:34

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Acts 16:28

But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”

Acts 7:60

And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.