Matthew 5:43-48 - The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴³ "You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." ⁴⁴ "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. ⁴⁵ "So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just. ⁴⁶ "For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you? ⁴⁷ "Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not? ⁴⁸ "You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."