Matthew 5:47
And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
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- Matt 5:20 : 20 For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 6:32 : 32 If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
- Luke 10:4-5 : 4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way. 5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.
- 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
- Matt 10:12 : 12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.
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- Matt 5:43-464 verses88%
43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:
44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
46 For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?
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48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
- Luke 6:30-367 verses77%
30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
34 And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.
35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
36 Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
- Matt 6:1-55 verses72%
1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.
3 But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:
4 So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
5 And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
- Luke 3:12-132 verses72%
12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
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12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
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7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
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35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
- Matt 21:31-322 verses69%
31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
- Luke 6:27-282 verses69%
27 But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,
28 Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.
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26 Give all the brothers a holy kiss.
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8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
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12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
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23 Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.
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20 For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
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13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,
- Matt 6:14-152 verses68%
14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
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46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
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12 Give one another a holy kiss.
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12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
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17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
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57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?
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16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
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39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
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4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
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8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.
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43 A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
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5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
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8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.
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20 All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.
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14 Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.
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10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.