Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
Leviticus 20:26You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
Deuteronomy 27:10You shall therefore obey the LORD your God’s voice, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today.”
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Matthew 5:45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Luke 6:40A disciple is not above his rabbi, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his rabbi.
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 →