23 Who is maligned and answers not, than he who smites the smiter and reviles the one who slanders him.
24 It has been said in olden times that man shall love his friend and hate his foe; but, lo, I say,
25 Be merciful unto your foes; bless those who slander you; do good to those who do you harm and pray for those who trample on your rights.
26 Remember, you are children of the God who makes his sun to rise alike upon the evil and the good, who sends his rain upon the unjust and the just.
27 If you do unto other men as they do unto you, you are but slaves, but followers in the way to death.
28 But you, as children of the light, must lead the way.
29 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
30 When you do good to those who have done good to you, you do no more than other men; the publicans do that.
31 If you salute your friends and not your foes, you are like other men; the publicans have set the pace.
32 Be perfect as your Father-God in heaven is.