Matthew 5:44

NETBible

But I say to you, love your enemy and 1  pray for those who persecute you,

NIV ©

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

NASB ©

"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

NLT ©

But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

MSG ©

I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer,

BBE ©

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

NRSV ©

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

NKJV ©

"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 spitefully use you and persecute you,

KJV
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
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NETBible

But I say to you, love your enemy and 1  pray for those who persecute you,

NET Notes

1 tc Most mss ([D] L [W] Θ Ë13 33 Ï lat) read “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you,” before “those who persecute you.” But this is surely a motivated reading, importing the longer form of this aphorism from Luke 6:27-28. The shorter text is found in א B Ë1 pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.