Matthew 5:48 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:48

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

KJV

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DBT

Be ye therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

ASV

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

WEB

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

YLT

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

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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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35 verses on the floor

1 Peter 1:15–16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
James 1:4
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
Luke 6:36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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

Manifestly, our Lord here speaks, not of degrees of excellence, but of the kind of excellence which was to distinguish His disciples and characterize His kingdom. When therefore He adds, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect--He refers to that full-orbed glorious completeness which is in the great Divine Model, "their Father which is in heaven." -- JFB40B.HTM --

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Therefore ye shall be perfect; as your Father who is in heaven is perfect - So the original runs, referring to all that holiness which is described in the foregoing verses, which our Lord in the beginning of the chapter recommends as happiness, and in the close of it as perfection.

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

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MAT 5:48LEV 19:2 1PE 1:15-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:48JAS 1:4 1PE 5:10
MAT 5:48LEV 19:2 LEV 11:44-45
MAT 5:48JAS 1:4 LUK 21:19
MAT 5:48JAS 1:4 2TI 3:17
MAT 5:48LEV 19:2 LEV 20:7
MAT 5:48LUK 6:36 EPH 5:1-2
MAT 5:48LEV 19:2 2CO 6:14-16

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