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Matthew 5:47-48
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47 And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same?[a] 48 So be perfect,[b] just as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:47 Jesus’ disciples must not be content with merely usual standards of conduct; see Mt 5:20 where the verb “surpass” (Greek perisseuō) is cognate with the unusual (perisson) of this verse.
  2. 5:48 Perfect: in the gospels this word occurs only in Matthew, here and in Mt 19:21. The Lucan parallel (Lk 6:36) demands that the disciples be merciful.
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