... . People forget." Jessica - age 8. Perhaps a bit closer "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4. Dogs are great teachers; they rarely hold grudges or withhold love. These are all good so far as they go, but it was Nikka, ... Mt. 5:43-48. 9. For the historical and exegetical work behind this and the next paragraph see Dale Allison, The Sermon on the Mount (New York: Crossroads, 1999), 84ff; Charles Talbert, Reading the Sermon on the Mount (Columbia, ...