Matthew 5:47
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that is not common? Do not even publicans do this?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
46For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this?
48Be ye therefore perfect; even 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 Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:32For, if ye love them that love you, what goodness is it in you? For even sinners love those that love them.
1 Peter 2:20But they who endure afflictions on account of their offences, what praise have they? But if, when ye do well, they vex you, and ye endure it; then great is your praise 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 →