Matthew 5:47
And if ye greet your brethren only, what shall ye do more [over]? do not heathen men, [or (the) pagans], (do) this? (or do not the Gentiles do this?)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
48Therefore be ye perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Cross References
Matthew 5:20And I say to you, that but your rightwiseness be more plenteous than (that) of scribes and of Pharisees (or that unless your righteousness be more plentiful than that of the scribes and of the Pharisees), ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heavens.
Luke 6:32And if ye love them that love you, what thank (s), [or what grace], is to you? for sinful men love men that love them. (And if ye love those who love you, what credit is that to you? for sinners love those who love them.)
1 Peter 2:20For what grace is it, if ye sin, and be buffeted, and suffer? But if ye do well, and suffer patiently, this is grace 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 →