Matthew 5:43-48

JPS_ASV_Byz(i) 43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy; 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you, 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. 46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your friends only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.