( H) 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? ( I) Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. ![]() He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ( C) Love for EnemiesĤ3 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor ( D) and hate your enemy.’ ( E) 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ( F) 45 that you may be children ( G) of your Father in heaven. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. ![]() 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. Those words are easy to say when it’s not your son that’s been senselessly beaten, when it’s not your daughter that’s been raped, when it’s not your parent that was in the World Trade towers, when it’s not your fiancé that was on Malaysia Airlines flight 370. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind. ( B) 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ a 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. ![]() If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind The title of this article is a quotation from Mahatma Gandhi who was a great believer in ahimsanon-violence. 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ ( A) 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.
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