Matthew 5:47

New American Bible - revised edition

And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same?

Cross References

Matthew 10:12

As you enter a house, wish it peace.

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Teaching About Anger.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?

Matthew 5:48

So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:32

For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

Colossians 4:14

Luke the beloved physician sends greetings, as does Demas. A Message for the Laodiceans.

Colossians 4:15

Give greetings to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nympha and to the church in her house.

1 Peter 2:20

But what credit is there if you are patient when beaten for doing wrong? But if you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good, this is a grace before God.