Quote: 1: “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? (Matthew 5:43-47 ).
Stolen from the Greeks 4 centuries later.
" Then we ought not to retaliate or render evil for evil to anyone, whatever evil we may have suffered from him.
Socrates addressing Crito in Plato's Dialogue "Crito"
Quote:“‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:36-40)
Stolen from the OT.
Quote:King James Bible
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deut 6:5
