Matthew 5:48

New Century Version

So 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 God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.

2 Samuel 22:31

“The ways of God are without fault; the Lord’s words are pure. He is a shield to those who trust him.

Psalm 37:37

Think of the innocent person, and watch the honest one. The man who has peace will have children to live after him.

Leviticus 11:44

I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don’t make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God. You must be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 20:26

So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

If you do this, you will be true children of your Father in heaven. He causes the sun to rise on good people and on evil people, and he sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong.

Matthew 5:47

And if you are nice only to your friends, you are no better than other people. Even those who don’t know God are nice to their friends.

Luke 6:36

Show mercy, just as your Father shows mercy.

Luke 6:40

A student is not better than the teacher, but the student who has been fully trained will be like the teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Live in harmony. Do what I have asked you to do. Agree with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:9

We are happy to be weak, if you are strong, and we pray that you will become complete.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God, so we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes body or soul unclean. We should try to become holy in the way we live, because we respect God.

Ephesians 3:1

So I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus for you who are not Jews.

Deuteronomy 18:13

But you must be innocent in the presence of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:10

Obey the Lord your God, and keep his commands and laws that I give you today.”

Colossians 1:28

So we continue to preach Christ to each person, using all wisdom to warn and to teach everyone, in order to bring each one into God’s presence as a mature person in Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, a servant of Jesus Christ, from your group, also greets you. He always prays for you that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything God wants for you.

James 1:4

Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.