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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 5:47
Description: Sunday, 22 December 2024
And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Matthew 5:47
“And if you embrace only your brothers, what extra do you do? And do not the taxmen, the ‘himself’ they do?” (CG).
In the previous verse, Jesus noted the pointless nature of expecting rewards when you love those who love you, noting that even tax collectors do that. Now, He continues that thought, saying, “And if you embrace only your brothers.”
He uses the word...