47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing out of the ordinary?[a](A) Don’t even the Gentiles[b] do the same? 48 Be perfect,(B) therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:47 Or doing that is superior; lit doing more
  2. Matthew 5:47 Other mss read tax collectors

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.(A)

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