Mat 5:47 | JFB | STEP | 47. And if ye salute your brethren only-- of the same nation and religion with yourselves. what do ye more than others?-- what do ye uncommon or extraordinary? that is, wherein do ye excel? do not even the publicans so?-- The true reading here appears to be, "Do not even the heathens the same?" Compare , where the excommunicated person is said to be "as an heathen man and a publican."

‏ Matthew 5:47

47. And if ye salute your brethren only--of the same nation and religion with yourselves.

what do ye more than others?--what do ye uncommon or extraordinary? that is, wherein do ye excel?

do not even the publicans so?--The true reading here appears to be, "Do not even the heathens the same?" Compare Mt 18:17, where the excommunicated person is said to be "as an heathen man and a publican."