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48 So be perfect,[a] just as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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  1. 5:48 Perfect: in the gospels this word occurs only in Matthew, here and in Mt 19:21. The Lucan parallel (Lk 6:36) demands that the disciples be merciful.

48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.(A)

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All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(A) just as he is pure.(B)

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