Matthew 5:43

Contemporary English Version 1995

You have heard people say, “Love your neighbors and hate your enemies.”

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Don't be angry or try to take revenge. I am the Lord, and I command you to love others as much as you love yourself.

Matthew 19:19

Respect your father and mother. And love others as much as you love yourself.”

Deuteronomy 23:6

Don't even think of signing a peace treaty with Moab or Ammon.

James 2:8

You will do all right, if you obey the most important law in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.

Psalm 41:10

Have pity, Lord! Heal me, so I can pay them back.

Matthew 5:21

You know our ancestors were told, “Do not murder” and “A murderer must be brought to trial.”

Deuteronomy 25:17

People of Israel, do you remember what the Amalekites did to you after you came out of Egypt?

Deuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonites or Moabites, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can become part of Israel, the Lord's people.

Matthew 5:27

You know the commandment which says, “Be faithful in marriage.”

1 John 4:21

The commandment that God has given us is: “Love God and love each other!”