YOU HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID: “YOU WILL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND YOU WILL HATE YOUR ENEMY”. BUT I SAY TO YOU: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,[BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE YOU, DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU], AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO[HARM YOU AND] PERSECUTE YOU, SO THAT YOU MAY BE THE SONS OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN; FOR HE MAKES HIS SUN RISE ON THE WICKED AND THE GOOD, AND SENDS HIS RAIN ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST. FOR IF YOU LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, WHAT REWARD DO YOU GET? DON’T EVEN PUBLICANS DO THE SAME? AND IF YOU GREET YOUR BROTHERS ONLY, WHAT MORE DO YOU DO[THAN OTHERS]? DON’T EVEN NATIONS DO THAT? YOU, THEREFORE, BE PERFECT, AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS PERFECT.