Matthew 5:44

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Kings 6:22

He answered, “No! Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink, and let them go to their master.”

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,

Proverbs 19:11

Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”]] And they cast lots to divide his clothing.

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

Acts 16:28

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

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.

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 abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit 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.