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But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

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Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

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And unto him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not [to take thy] coat also.

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Give to every man that asketh of thee and of him that taketh away thy goods ask [them] not again.

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And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

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And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

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And if ye lend [to them] of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

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But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.

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Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.