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Matthew 5:47 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 47
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?Matthew 5:47 · King James Version
Matthew 5:47 in context
45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- publicanstelōnēsa renter or farmer of taxes, among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank, a tax…G5057 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- saluteaspazomaito draw to one s self, to salute one, greet, bid welcome, wish well to, to receive…G782 →
- onlymonononly, alone, butG3440 →
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We have here, lastly, an exposition of that great fundamental law of the second table, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, which was the fulfilling of the law. I. See here how this law was corrupted by the comments of the Jewish teachers, Mat 5:43. God said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-48