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 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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

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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