Matthew 5:46
For if ye louen hem that louen you, what mede schulen ye han? whether pupplicans doon not this?
Wycliffe (portions)
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 greten youre britheren oonli, what schulen ye do more? ne doon not hethene men this?
Cross References
Matthew 9:10And he roos, and folewide hym. And it was don, the while he sat `at the mete in the hous, lo! many pupplicans and synful men camen, and saten `at the mete with Jhesu and hise disciplis.
Matthew 18:17And if he herith not hem, seie thou to the chirche. But if he herith not the chirche, be he as an hethen and a pupplican to thee.
Luke 6:32And if ye louen hem that louen you, what thanke is to you? for synful men louen men that louen hem.
Luke 18:13And the pupplican stood afer, and wolde nether reise hise iyen to heuene, but smoot his brest, and seide, God be merciful to me, synnere.
Luke 19:7And whanne alle men sayn, thei grutchiden seiynge, For he hadde turned to a synful man.
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 →