Matthew 5:48
Therfore be ye parfit, as youre heuenli fadir is parfit.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
In Context
47And if ye greten youre britheren oonli, what schulen ye do more? ne doon not hethene men this?
Cross References
Leviticus 11:44for Y am youre Lord God; be ye hooli, for Y am hooli. Defoule ye not youre soulis in ech crepynge `beeste which is moued on erthe; for Y am the Lord,
Leviticus 20:26Ye schulen be hooli to me, for `Y am the hooli Lord, and Y departide you fro othere puplis, that ye schulen be myne.
Deuteronomy 27:10thou schalt here his vois, and thou schalt do `the comaundementis, and riytfulnessis, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai.
Matthew 5:45that ye be the sones of your fadir that is in heuenes, that makith his sunne to rise vpon goode `and yuele men, and reyneth on iust men and vniuste.
Luke 6:40A disciple is not aboue the maistir; but eche schal be perfite, if he be as his maister.
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 →