Love everyone

“You have heard that it was said,

‘Show kindness to your neighbor and hate your enemy’

But I say to you,

Love your enemies and bless the one who curses you.

Do what is beautiful, to the one who hates you.

Pray over those who take you by force and persecute you.  
So that you will become the children of your Father who is in Heaven,

for his sun rises on the good and upon the evil and

his rain descends on the just and on the unjust.

If you love only those who love you, what benefit is it to you? Behold, do not even the Tax Collectors do the same thing?

And if you pray for the peace of your brethren only, what excellent thing are you doing? Behold, are not even the Tax Collectors doing the same thing?

Be therefore perfect, just as your Father who is in Heaven is perfect.”

Introduction

The Holy Gospel Preaching of Matthew (chapter 5)