²⁷“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic also. ³⁰Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for them back.^* ³¹And just as you want people to do^b to you, do the same^c to them.

³²“And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them! ³³And if^d you do good to those who do good to you, what kind of credit is that to you? Even the sinners do the same! ³⁴And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive back, what kind of credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may get back an equal amount! ³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. ³⁶Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!^e

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Footnotes

*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
bLiterally “would do”
cLiterally “likewise”
dSome manuscripts have “For even if”
eSome manuscripts have “also is merciful”