Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your friends, what are you doing extra? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
Family 35 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
48Therefore, you be perfect just as your Father in the heavens is perfect.
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees you will absolutely not enter the kingdom of the heavens!
Luke 6:32Also, if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them.
1 Peter 2:20For what credit is it if upon sinning and being beaten you endure patiently? But if upon doing good and suffering you endure patiently, this is commendable before 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 →