Matthew 5:47
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And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?

salute.

Matthew 10:12 And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.

Luke 6:32 And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love them.

Luke 10:4,5 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. . . .

what.

Matthew 5:20 For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is it, if, committing sin and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently: this is thankworthy before God.

Context
Love Your Enemies
46For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this? 47And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? 48Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:46
For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?

Matthew 5:48
Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

Colossians 4:14
Luke, the most dear physician, saluteth you: and Demas.

Colossians 4:15
Salute the brethren who are at Laodicea: and Nymphas and the church that is in his house.

Lexicon
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

if
ἐὰν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

you greet
ἀσπάσησθε (aspasēsthe)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 782: To greet, salute, pay my respects to, welcome. To enfold in the arms, i.e. to salute, to welcome.

only
μόνον (monon)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3440: Alone, but, only. Neuter of monos as adverb; merely.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

brothers,
ἀδελφοὺς (adelphous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

are you doing
ποιεῖτε (poieite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

more than others?
περισσὸν (perisson)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4053: From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence.

Do not
οὐχὶ (ouchi)
IntPrtcl
Strong's Greek 3780: By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.

even
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Gentiles
ἐθνικοὶ (ethnikoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1482: Pagan, heathen, gentile; subst: a Gentile, non-Jew. From ethnos; national, i.e. a Gentile.

do
ποιοῦσιν (poiousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

same?
αὐτὸ (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

And if you greet only your brothers, what extraordinary are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

And if you salute your brothers only, what do you more than others? do not even the publicans so?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?
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