Matthew 5:48
Grow up and become completely trustworthy, just as your heavenly Father is trustworthy.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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Cross References
Leviticus 11:44because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.
Leviticus 20:26You shall be holy to me because I am holy. I am the Lord, and I have made you a distinctive people different from all other nations. You belong to me.
Deuteronomy 27:10So obey what the Lord your God tells you, and follow commandments and regulations that I'm giving you today.”
Psalms 37:37Observe the innocent, look at those who do right! Those who love peace have a future!
Matthew 5:45so you may become children of your heavenly Father. For his sun shines on both the good and the bad; and he makes the rain fall on both those who do right and those who do wrong.
Luke 6:40Do students know more than the teacher? Only when they've learned everything: then they will be like their teacher.
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 →