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LOVE
You have been taught to love your neighbor and hate your enemy, but I say, that you should love your enemy also. For what merit is there in loving only those that love you? And if you are kind only to those who are kind to you; how is that different or better than anyone else? Even the godless do that. Love your enemy. Do good to those that hate you. Bless those that curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. For when you do these things, you act as children of your heavenly father. For He makes the sun rise on the good and the evil, and he sends his rain down upon the just and the unjust. In you love for one another, you should strive to be perfect, even as your heavenly father is perfect in loving each and every one of you.
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THE VOICE OF THE NAZARENE
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