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44 But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,(A)

45 [a]To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike].

46 For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:45 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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