World English Bible
Matthew 5:48
“Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
Verse in context — Matthew 5
46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
47
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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