Verse 47
Matthew 5:47
World English Bible, British Edition
47
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors
do the same?
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ⸀ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον, τί περισσὸν ποιεῖτε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ ⸀ἐθνικοὶ ⸂τὸ αὐτὸ⸃ ποιοῦσιν;
English Translation
And if you greet only your brothers, what more do you do? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
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If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors
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Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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