Matthew
King James Version (KJV)


“And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?”
King James Version (KJV)
5:47 And if ye salute your friends only - Our Lord probably glances at those prejudices, which different sects had against each other, and intimates, that he would not have his followers imbibe that narrow spirit. Would to God this had been more attended to among the unhappy divisions and subdivisions, into which his Church has been crumbled! And that we might at least advance so far, as cordially to embrace our brethren in Christ, of whatever party or denomination they are!
Mt 5:47 Salute your brethren only. The Jews usually disdained to speak to a Gentile, a publican, or a "sinner", but would salute orthodox Jews. Even the Gentiles, the heathen nations, had enough of love for this. Unless the disciples could love better than the Jews, they would be on a level with publicans and heathen.
And if yee salute your brethren only, what do you more then others? Doe not euen the Publicanes so?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing {than others?} Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more `than others?' do not even the Gentiles the same?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
- Basic English Bible
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?
- Darby Bible
And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?
- Douay-Rheims Bible
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
- English Revised Version
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
- World English Bible