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Mat 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

ye		Mat 5:9; Luk 6:35; Jhn 13:35; Eph 5:1; 1Jo 3:9
for		Job 25:3; Psa 145:9; Act 14:17

Correlating Passages

	Mat 5:9	Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
	Luk 6:35	But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.
	Jhn 13:35	By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
	Eph 5:1	Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
	1Jo 3:9	Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

for

	Job 25:3	Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
	Psa 145:9	The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
	Act 14:17	Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 5:45," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/5/45.html>.

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