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Matthew 5:43-45 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verses 43–45
43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44But 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; 45That 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.Matthew 5:43-45 · King James Version
Matthew 5:43-45 in context
41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44But 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;
45That 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.
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Commentary
Cross references
- Leviticus 19:18
- Psalms 139:21-22
- Galatians 5:13-14
- Matthew 19:19
- Romans 13:8-10
- Deuteronomy 23:6
- Romans 12:14
- 1 Peter 3:9
- Luke 6:27-28
- Romans 12:20-21
- Proverbs 25:21-22
- Luke 23:34
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourplēsiona neighbour, a friend, any other person, and where two are concerned, the other…G4139 →
- persecutediōkōto make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away, to run swiftly in order to catch a…G1377 →
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- enemiesechthroshated, odious, hateful, hostile, hating, and opposing another, used of men as at enmity…G2190 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- makethanatellōrise, to cause to rise, of the earth bring forth plants, to rise, arise, to rise from, be…G393 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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We have here, lastly, an exposition of that great fundamental law of the second table, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, which was the fulfilling of the law. I. See here how this law was corrupted by the comments of the Jewish teachers, Mat 5:43. God said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-48