Matthew 5:47
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 5:47 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 5:47 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 5:47 — KJV
“And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?”
— Matthew 5:47 (KJV)
Matthew 5:47 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 5:47
“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”
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“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”
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“And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 5:47: brethren, more, even
“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. discouraged: Heb. melted”
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“Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.”
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