‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.›
‹But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;›
‹That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.›
‹For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?›
‹And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more› [than others]? ‹do not even the publicans so?›
‹Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.›
‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›
‹Therefore when thou doest› [thine] ‹alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›
‹But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:›
‹That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.›
