Matthew 5:47 - Easy To Read Version And if you are nice only to your friends, then you are no better than other people. Even the people without God are nice to their friends. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you greet only your brethren, what more than others are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles (the heathen) do that? American Standard Version (1901) And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same? Common English Bible And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same? Catholic Public Domain Version And if you greet only your brothers, what more have you done? Do not even the pagans behave this way? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? |
I tell you that you must do better than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [62]} If you are not better people, then you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
If you love only the people that love you, then you will get no reward. Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [72]} do that.
So you must be perfect, the same as your Father in heaven is perfect.
“If you love only those people that love you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners love the people that love them!
Say hello to the brothers and sisters in Laodicea. And say hello to Nympha and to the church that meets in her house.
But if you are punished for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for bearing that punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then that pleases God.