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47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Matthew 5:47

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 43-48)

We have here, lastly, an exposition of that great fundamental law of the second table, Thou shalt love thy neighbour , which was the fulfilling of the law. I. See here how this law was corrupted by the comments of the Jewish teachers, Matt. 5:43. God said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour ; and by neighbour they understood those only of their own country, nation, and religion; and those only that the...

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