Matthew 5:47
And if you salute your brethren only, in what do you excel? Do not even the publicans so?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
In Context
46For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same?
48Be you therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I say to you, That, unless your righteousness excel that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:32And if you love them that love you, what thanks have you? for even sinners love those who love them.
1 Peter 2:20For what praise is due, if, when you are punished for your faults, you endure it patiently? But if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you endure it patiently, this is praiseworthy in the sight of God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:44-48
The Sermon on the Mount. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do… Read the whole commentary →