Matthew 5:47

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And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?

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  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
  • Luke 6:32 : 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
  • Luke 10:4-5 : 4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road. 5 Whenever you enter a house, first say,‘May peace be on this house!’
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
  • Matt 10:12 : 12 As you enter the house, greet those within it.

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