Luke 6:32
30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
- KJV
- For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
- WEB
- “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
- ASV
- And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.
- DARBY
- And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
- BLB
- And if you⁺ love those loving you⁺, what grace is it to you⁺? For even the sinners love those loving them.
- ÅB
- Og om dere elsker dem som elsker dere, hva er det å takke dere for? Også syndere elsker jo dem som dem elsker.
- OTB
- Hvis du elsker dem som elsker deg, hva slags fortjeneste er det for deg? Selv de som ikke er rettferdige elsker dem som elsker dem.
- B1930
- Og om I elsker dem som elsker eder, hvad er det å takke eder for? Også syndere elsker jo dem som dem elsker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:46–47
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
Read in context1 Peter 2:19–20
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
Read in context