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Matthew 5:44-45

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Matthew 5:44-45. 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.

God constantly does that which many people regard almost as a crime, namely, doing good to the undeserving. It is the very genius of Christianity to help those who are utterly unworthy, - to be kind and generous even to those who are pretty certain to repay us with ingratitude and malice.

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