47 And if you are polite to your brothers and no one else, what is there remarkable in that? Do not the very heathen do that?
Matthew 5:47 Cross References - Goodspeed
Matthew 5:20
20 For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
Matthew 10:12
12 And as you go into his house, wish it well.
Luke 6:32
32 If you love only those who love you, what merit is there in that? For even godless people love those who love them.
Luke 10:4-5
1 Peter 2:20
20 for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval.