Matthew 5:47 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:47

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

KJV

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ASV

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

WEB

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

YLT

and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

DBT

And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

10 verses on the floor

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.
Luke 6:32
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
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.
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Luke 9:20
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

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If God's grace and goodness are (as they certainly are) his glory, then the glory of the gospel is the glory that excels, for grace and truth came by Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Would to God this had been more attended to among the unhappy divisions and subdivisions, into which his Church has been crumbled! And that we might at least advance so far, as cordially to embrace our brethren in Christ, of whatever party or denomination they are!

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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G14824× in canon G378054× in canon G3441110× in canon G80343× in canon G1437352× in canon

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The walk8

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

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