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47 And if you greet only your relatives, that’s no great thing you’re doing, is it? Even the unbelievers[a] do the same, don’t they? 48 So be perfect,[b] as your heavenly Father is perfect.”[c]

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  1. Matthew 5:47 Lit. to the gentiles; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews; other mss. read the tax collectors
  2. Matthew 5:48 Or mature
  3. Matthew 5:48 Or mature

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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