And if ye salute your brethren only what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
And if ye salute your brethren only - of the same nation and religion with yourselves --
What do ye more [than others]? х ti (G5100) perisson (G4053)] - 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 pagans the same?' х ethnikoi (G1482).] Compare Matthew 18:17, where the excommunicated person is said to be "as an pagan man and a publican."