Matthew 5:47
And, if you only welcome your brothers and sisters, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do this!
Open English Bible (US)
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
48You, then, must become perfect – as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Cross References
Matthew 5:20Indeed I tell you that, unless you obey God’s commands better than of the teachers of the Law, and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:32If you love only those who love you, what thanks will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who love them!
1 Peter 2:20What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval 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 →