King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 5:48
“‹Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 5
46
‹For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?›
47
‹And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more› [than others]? ‹do not even the publicans so?›
48
‹Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.›
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