Matthew 5:43 Cross References - Mace

⁴³ You have heard that it hath been said, "you shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy:"

²¹ Ye have heard that it has been said to the antients, "Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill, shall be punish'd by the tribunal."

¹⁹ honour thy father and thy mother: and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

³⁹ and the second has an affinity with it, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." ⁴⁰ these two precepts comprehend the substance of all the law and the prophets.

³¹ and the second, which has an affinity to it, is this: "you shall love your neighbour as yourself." there is no other commandment greater than these. ³² the Scribe replied, what you have said, master, is very true, there is one God, and no other but he. ³³ and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, with all its faculties, and to love one's neighbour as one's self is more acceptable than all the offerings and sacrifices in the world. ³⁴ Jesus observing he answer'd so discreetly, said to him, you are not far from the kingdom of God. and no man after that was so hardy as to ask him any question.

²⁷ he replied, 'tis thus, "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy understanding; and thy neighbour as thy self." ²⁸ you have answered well, replied Jesus, do this, and you shall live. ²⁹ but he being desirous to clear himself, said to Jesus, but what is meant by our neighbour?

⁸ Owe no man any thing, but mutual love: for he that ⁹ loves others hath fulfilled the law. for this, "thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet;" and whatever social precept there be, it is reduced to this single head, ¹⁰ thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." the benevolent never does wrong to his neighbour: therefore benevolence is the fulfilling of the law.

¹³ for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another. ¹⁴ for all the law is comprehended in this one precept, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

⁸ If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well.