KJV King James Version
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
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Matthew 5:43
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
WEB World English Bible
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’
ASV American Standard Version
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy :
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;
Surrounding context — Matthew 5
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have [thy] cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, 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 which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἨκούσατεG191 · akouōto hearὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐρρέθη·G2046 · erōto sayἀγαπήσειςG25 · agapaōto loveτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπλησίονG4139 · plēsionnear/neighborσουG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandμισήσειςG3404 · miseōto hateτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐχθρόνG2190 · echthrosenemyσου.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.Psalm 139:21-22Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?Galatians 5:13-14For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.Matthew 19:19Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Romans 13:8-10Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.Deuteronomy 23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.James 2:8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:Mark 12:31-34And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.Matthew 22:39-40And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Luke 10:27-29And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.Psalm 41:10But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.Exodus 17:14-16And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:Deuteronomy 25:17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
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