Loving both friend and foe

In His sixth “You have heard it said,” quotation, Jesus is telling the crowd that they must love not only their friends, relatives and fellow citizens; but, they must also love their enemies, their foes (Matthew 5:47). Jesus is setting a new standard for His followers to help them to surpass the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 5:20).  The first half of His quotation probably comes from the book of Leviticus and possibly the second from some other source. Regardless of