Matthew 5:44 Cross References - RKJNT

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you;

²⁷ But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who abuse you.

³⁴ And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? for sinners also lend to sinners to receive repayment. ³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Most High: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

³⁴ Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they do. And they divided his clothing by casting lots.

⁶⁰ And he knelt down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not hold this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you: bless, and do not curse.

²⁰ Therefore, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire upon his head. ²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

¹² And we labour, working with our own hands: when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure it: ¹³ When slandered, we answer kindly; we have been made the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even to this day.

⁴ Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, and is not arrogant; ⁵ It is not rude, does not insist on its own way, is not easily provoked, it keeps no account of wrongs suffered; ⁶ It does not rejoice in injustice, but rejoices in the truth; ⁷ Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ⁸ Love never fails: but where there are prophecies, they shall pass away; where there are tongues, they shall cease; where there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.

²³ And when he was reviled, he did not revile in return; and when he suffered, he did not threaten; but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

⁹ Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult: but instead with blessing; knowing that you were called to this, that you should inherit a blessing.