Matthew 5:47

And if you greet your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the tax collectors so?
Read Chapter 5

John Chrysostom

AD 407
And to signify that He requires nothing very overpowering, but a little more than was accustomed, He says, Do not even the Gentiles the same? Matthew 5:47 Yet nevertheless He stops not the discourse at this, but makes it end with His rewards, and those good hopes, saying,

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

App Store LogoPlay Store Logo