Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your friends, what are you doing that is out of the ordinary? Do not even the tax collectors do that?
Text-Critical English NT
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 therefore shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:32If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
1 Peter 2:20What credit do you get if you endure when you sin and are beaten for it? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor 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 →