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Matthew 5:47
And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
Matthew 5:47 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 5:47 in other translations
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
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In context
44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
46 For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?
47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
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