And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

And you should remain in that same house [i.e., the peace-loving one], eating and drinking whatever they serve you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move from house to house [i.e., wasting time].

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

But I say to you who listen now to me, practice loving your enemies, practice doing good to those who hate you,

But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Beware of the scribes, wishing to walk about in robes, and loving salutations in the forums, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first couches at the suppers,

For this reason, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. [Note: This suggests that her forgiveness was the result of her loving, but the point Jesus makes better fits the idea that her forgiveness produced love]. But the person who is forgiven of little [i.e., of only a few sins], loves [only] a little bit."

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? Not peace, I tell you, but discord!