Commentary Purg XIII 34-36

The third exemplar is Jesus Christ, calling on his disciples to return love for hatred (see Matthew 5:44), where the words are a bit more expansive than they are here: 'Diligite inimicos vestros, benefacite his qui oderunt vos' [love your enemies, do good to those who hate you]).  The first two voices are identical with their sources, the first, Latin word for Latin word; the second, a perfect Italian translation of the Latin original.  The last, however, is a looser Italian version of the Vulgate's Latin.