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Love Your Enemies

Matthew 5:43

In 9 translations

BSB
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’Leviticus 19:18
KJV
¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
WEB
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
ASV
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:
LSV
You heard that it was said: You will love your neighbor, and will hate your enemy;
YLT
'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;
DBY
Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.
DRC
You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.
GNV
Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἐρρέθη: Tyndale House: ἐρρήθη.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη· Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου.
RP2018
Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου·
TR-Boyd
Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου·
SCR1894
ηκουσατε οτι ερρεθη αγαπησεις τον πλησιον σου και μισησεις τον εχθρον σου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Psalms 139:21–22Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
  • Galatians 5:13–14For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Matthew 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
  • Romans 13:8–10Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other…
  • Deuteronomy 23:6You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
  • James 2:8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
  • Mark 12:31–34The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him, and to…
  • Matthew 22:39–40And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
  • Psalms 41:10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
  • Luke 10:27–29He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do…
  • Exodus 17:14–16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My…
  • Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
  • Deuteronomy 25:17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

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