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Matthew 5:39-45 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

39. But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.

40. And anyone who wishes to contend with you in judgment, and to take away your tunic, release to him your cloak also.

41. And whoever will have compelled you for one thousand steps, go with him even for two thousand steps.

42. Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him.

43. You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and you shall have hatred for your enemy.'

44. But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.

45. In this way, you shall be sons of your Father, who is in heaven. He causes his sun to rise upon the good and the bad, and he causes it to rain upon the just and the unjust.

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