Matthew 5:45

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If you do this, you will be children who are truly like your Father in heaven. He lets the sun rise for all people, whether they are good or bad. He sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong.

Cross References

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to everyone. He shows his mercy to everything he made.

Luke 6:35

“I’m telling you to love your enemies and do good to them. Lend to people without expecting to get anything back. If you do this, you will have a great reward. You will be children of the Most High God. Yes, because God is good even to the people who are full of sin and not thankful.

Acts 14:17

But God was always there doing the good things that prove he is real. He gives you rain from heaven and good harvests at the right times. He gives you plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

Job 25:3

No one can count his stars. His sun rises on all people.

Ephesians 5:1

You are God’s dear children, so try to be like him.

Matthew 5:9

Great blessings belong to those who work to bring peace. God will call them his sons and daughters.

John 13:35

All people will know that you are my followers if you love each other.”

1 John 3:9

Those who are God’s children do not continue to sin, because the new life God gave them stays in them. They cannot keep sinning, because they have become children of God.

Jeremiah 5:24

The people of Judah never say to themselves, ‘Let’s fear and respect the Lord our God. He gives us autumn and spring rains at just the right time. He makes sure that we have the harvest at just the right time.’

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be blameless and pure, children of God without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people you shine like lights in a dark world,