"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor' and 'hate your enemy.'

But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."

Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.