Matthew 5:38–48

³⁸You have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

³⁹But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:

⁴⁰And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.

⁴¹And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two.

⁴²Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.

⁴³You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.

⁴⁴But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

⁴⁵That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

⁴⁶For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?

⁴⁷And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?

⁴⁸Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.