Matthew 5:47 · KJV
“And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more {than others}? do not even the publicans so?”
— Matthew 5:47
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5 — Context
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more {than others}? do not even the publicans so?
48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Cross References
Luke 6:32
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed {the righteousness} of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
1 Peter 2:20
For what glory {is it}, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer {for it}, ye take it patiently, this {is} acceptable with God. {acceptable: or, thank}
Luke 10:4-5
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
Matthew 10:12
And when ye come into an house, salute it.