Matthew 5:43

The Scriptures 1998

“You heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’

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‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am יהוה.

‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ ”

“Do not seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever.

If you truly accomplish the sovereign law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well,

But You, יהוה, show me favour and raise me up, And let me repay them.

“You heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.

“Remember what Amalĕ

“An Ammonite or Mo’aḇ

“You heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

And we have this command from Him, that the one loving Elohim should love his brother too.