Matthew 5:46
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
- KJV
- For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- WEB
- For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
- ASV
- For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- DARBY
- For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
- BLB
- For if you⁺ love those loving you⁺, what reward do you⁺ have? Do not also the tax collectors do the same?
- ÅB
- For om dere elsker dem som elsker dere, hvilken lønn har dere da? Gjør ikke også tollerne det samme?
- OTB
- Om dere elsker dem som elsker dere, hvilken lønn får dere da? Gjør ikke også tollerne det samme?
- B1930
- For om I elsker dem som elsker eder, hvad lønn har I da? Gjør ikke også tolderne det samme?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:32–35
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Read in context1 Peter 2:20–23
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Read in contextMatthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Read in contextMatthew 9:10–11
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Read in contextMatthew 18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Read in contextLuke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Read in contextLuke 15:1
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Read in contextMatthew 6:1
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
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