Matthew 5:48

Good News Translation

You must be perfect—just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.

2 Samuel 22:31

This God—how perfect are his deeds, how dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.

Psalm 37:37

Notice good people, observe the righteous; peaceful people have descendants,

Leviticus 11:44

I am the Lord your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.

Leviticus 19:2

to say to the community of Israel, “Be holy, because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:26

You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the Lord and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.

Matthew 5:47

And if you speak only to your friends, have you done anything out of the ordinary? Even the pagans do that!

Luke 6:36

Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.

Luke 6:40

No pupils are greater than their teacher; but all pupils, when they have completed their training, will be like their teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:11

And now, my friends, good-bye! Strive for perfection; listen to my appeals; agree with one another; live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:9

We are glad when we are weak but you are strong. And so we also pray that you will become perfect.

2 Corinthians 7:1

All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, pray to God.

Deuteronomy 18:13

Be completely faithful to the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 27:10

so obey him and keep all his laws that I am giving you today.”

Colossians 1:28

So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Greetings from Epaphras, another member of your group and a servant of Christ Jesus. He always prays fervently for you, asking God to make you stand firm, as mature and fully convinced Christians, in complete obedience to God's will.

James 1:4

Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.