Matthew 5:47
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
And if yee salute your brethren only, what do you more then others? Doe not euen the Publicanes so?
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- Matthew 5:20Rank 2 from verse 47
20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
20For I say vnto you, That except your righteousnesse shall exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees, yee shall in no case enter into the kingdome of heauen.
- 1 Peter 2:20Rank 3 from verse 47
20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
20For what glory is it, if when yee be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently: but if when yee doe well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is ‖acceptable with God.
- Luke 10:4–5Rank 4 from verse 47
- Matthew 10:12Rank 5 from verse 47
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Matthew 5:47
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
To greet, or to send a greeting to, a person or assembly.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Collectors of public taxes or revenue.
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46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
46*For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
47And if yee salute your brethren only, what do you more then others? Doe not euen the Publicanes so?
Selected passage48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
48Be yee therefore perfect, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfect.