46 (A)For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your [a]brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the [b]tax collectors do so? 48 (B)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (C)as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:47 M friends
  2. Matthew 5:47 NU Gentiles

46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?(A) Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(B)

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