Matthew 5:48 - Compare All Versions
Matthew 5:48 MSG (The Message)
“In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.”
Matthew 5:48 KJV (King James Version)
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 NCV (New Century Version)
So you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 ASV (American Standard Version)
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 NIV (New International Version)
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 NKJV (New King James Version)
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 AMP (Amplified Bible)
You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect. [Lev 19:2]
Matthew 5:48 NLT (New Living Translation)
But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Since you are children of a perfect Father in heaven, become perfect like him.”
Matthew 5:48 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.