Matthew 5:47

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if ye be friendly to your brethren onely, what singular thing doe ye? doe not euen the Publicanes likewise?

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  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes exceede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.
  • Luke 10:4-5 : 4 Beare no bagge, neither scrippe, nor shoes, and salute no man by the way. 5 And into whatsoeuer house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.
  • Matt 10:12 : 12 And when yee come into an house, salute the same.

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    43 Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

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    45 That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and vniust.

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    48 Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.

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    30 Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

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    34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke shall yee haue? for euen the sinners lend to sinners, to receiue the like.

    35 Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

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  • Matt 6:1-5
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    1 Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.

    2 Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

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    12 Then came there Publicanes also to bee baptized, and saide vnto him, Master, what shall we doe?

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    7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

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    35 So likewise shall mine heauenly Father doe vnto you, except ye forgiue from your hearts, eche one to his brother their trespasses.

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31 Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God.

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    8 But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.

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    12 Reioyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heauen: for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

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