Matthew 5:47
And if you wish peace to your brethren only, what more do you than they? do not also the tribute-gatherers this?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
48Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect!
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I say to you, that unless your righteousness shall abound more than that of the scribes and the Pharishee, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:32For if you love them who love you, what is your grace? for sinners also love those who love them.
1 Peter 2:20For they who on account of their offences suffer tribulations, what praise have they? But when you do well and they afflict you, and you endure, then doth your praise become great with Aloha.
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 →