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Matthew 5:43

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KJV ORIGINAL

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

You've heard people say, 'Love your neighbors, but hate your enemies.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus is calling out the old-school thinking that said it was okay to hate your enemies.

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I also said to them, 'What you're doing is not right. Shouldn't you live with respect and reverence for our God so that our enemies from other nations won't have reason to criticize us?'

I was mocked and insulted by all my enemies, but especially by my neighbors, and I became someone my friends were afraid to be around. When people saw me in public, they would run away from me.

This is what the LORD says about all my wicked neighbors who attack the land I gave my people Israel as their inheritance: 'Look, I will uproot them from their own land, and I will also uproot the people of Judah from among them.'

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