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  • Matthew 5:48
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 48 You must accordingly be perfect,* as your heavenly Father is perfect.+

  • Matthew 5:48
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 48 Ἔσεσθε YOU shall be οὖν therefore ὑμεῖς YOU τέλειοι perfect ὡς as ὁ the πατὴρ Father ὑμῶν of YOU ὁ the οὐράνιος heavenly τέλειός perfect ἐστιν. is.

  • Matthew 5:48
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 48 YOU must accordingly be perfect, as YOUR heavenly Father is perfect.*+

  • Matthew 5:48
    The Bible in Living English
    • 48 “So you are to be thorough as your heavenly Father is thorough.

  • Matthew 5:48
    American Standard Version
    • 48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • Matthew 5:48
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 48 Ye therefore shall become perfect: As your heavenly Father is—perfect.

  • Matthew 5:48
    King James Version
    • 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 5:48 it-1 1212; it-2 605; jy 88; w10 11/15 22; w08 1/15 29; w08 5/15 8-9; w08 12/15 4; g03 7/22 12; w96 10/1 10; gt chapter 35; w86 10/15 9

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:48 g79 11/8 24, 32; w78 7/1 6; w76 529; w74 150-151, 155; w71 565; ad 837, 1288; g67 11/8 4; w66 23; yb66 31; g66 12/8 3; w65 207; w64 707; g64 7/22 27; w63 35; w61 188; ns 29; g61 12/8 28; g60 7/22 27; w59 271

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:48

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1211-1212

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 605

      Jesus—The Way, p. 88

      The Watchtower,

      11/15/2010, p. 22

      12/15/2008, p. 4

      5/15/2008, pp. 8-9

      1/15/2008, p. 29

      10/1/1996, p. 10

      10/15/1986, p. 9

      Awake!,

      7/22/2003, p. 12

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:48

      perfect: The Greek term used here can mean “complete,” “mature,” or it can mean “faultless” according to standards set by an authority. Only Jehovah is perfect in an absolute sense, so when the term is applied to humans, it describes relative perfection. In this context, “perfect” refers to the completeness of a Christian’s love for Jehovah God and for fellow humans, something that is possible, even though a person is sinful.

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