Matthew 5:46
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
In Context
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus?
Cross References
Matthew 9:10And it came to pass that, as he reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples.
Matthew 18:17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he neglect to hear the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.
Luke 6:32For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners love those who love them.
Luke 18:13And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God be merciful to me, the sinner.
Luke 19:7And seeing it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a sinner.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:44-48
The Sermon on the Mount. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 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. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do… Read the whole commentary →