Do good to those who hate you.
Bless those who curse you.
Pray for those who abuse you.
Give to everyone who begs from you.

I thought of these words from the Gospel writer.
When talking to an Israeli woman.
Whose sone had been shot by a Palestinian sniper.
And yet still talked of peace for every man.

Or of the son of a Palestinian imprisoned.
Who still talked of peace.
Hate was jettisoned.
Searching for a solution without cease.

To one who strikes you on the other cheek.
Offer the other cheek.

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To those who hate you
Pray for them as they abuse
Turn the other cheek

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See Luke 6: 27-38