Week 6    Day 1

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The Law and the Gospels

Matthew 5:43-48

You have heard that it has been declared, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do well to those who hate you, and pray for those who injure you and persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for He makes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the publicans do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do beyond others? Do not even the publicans do so? Be ye therefore perfect, just as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

Leviticus 19:13-18

Thou shalt not oppress thy companion, neither rob him; the wages for the work of him who is a hireling shall not pass the night with thee until the morning. Thou shalt not revile one who is deaf, nor put a stumbling block before one who is blind, but shalt fear thy God; I am Jehovah.

You shall not do perversity in judgment; thou shalt not accept the faces of the poor, nor honor the faces of the great; but in justice shalt thou judge thy fellow man. Thou shalt not go slandering among thy people; thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy companion; I am Jehovah.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; reproving thou shalt reprove thy fellow man, and not bear a sin against him. Thou shalt not avenge, and thou shalt not bear a grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I am Jehovah.

Luke 6:31-38

But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do well to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who injure you. And to him who strikes thee on the one cheekbone, offer also the other; and him who takes away thy garment, forbid not to take thy tunic also. And give to everyone who asks thee; and from him who takes away the things that are thine, seek them not again. And as you will that men should do to you, you do also to them likewise.

And if you love those who love you, what grace do you have? For sinners also love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what grace do you have? For sinners also do the same. And if you lend to them from whom you hope to receive back, what grace do you have? For sinners also lend to sinners to receive back the equal amount. Nevertheless, love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back, and your reward shall be much, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for He is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.

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