11 translations · Greek
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Matthew 5:44 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
- KJV King James Version
- 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;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- ASV American Standard Version
- but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- but I — I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But I say unto you, Love your enemies, [bless those who curse you,] do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who [insult you and] persecute you,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγὼ | egō | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| λέγω | legō | tell | G3004 λέγω to say |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἀγαπᾶτε | agapate | love | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| τοὺς | tous | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐχθροὺς | echthrous | enemies | G2190 ἐχθρός enemy |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| προσεύχεσθε | proseuchesthe | pray | G4336 προσεύχομαι to pray |
| ὑπὲρ | hyper | for | G5228 ὑπέρ above/for |
| τῶν | tōn | those who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| διωκόντων | diōkontōn | persecute | G1377 διώκω to pursue |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.
- 1 Peter 3:9
not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
- Luke 6:27–28
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
- Romans 12:20–21
Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Proverbs 25:21–22
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.
- Luke 23:34
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
- 1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
- Luke 6:34–35
If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- Acts 7:60
He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12–13
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure. Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
42 Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
Read all of Matthew 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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