Matthew 5:47
And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?
Darby Translation
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
48Be *ye* therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Luke 6:32And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
1 Peter 2:20For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with 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 →