44 But I say to you, (A)Love your enemies and (B)pray for those who persecute you, 45 (C)so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and (D)sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 (E)For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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