He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down 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.”
Matthew 5:44 - English Standard Version 2016 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, [Prov. 25:21, 22.] American Standard Version (1901) but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; Common English Bible But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who harass you Catholic Public Domain Version 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 But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: |
He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down 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.”
if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.