Matthew 5:46
for if-supposing you-may-love the loving you, what[?] wage you-are-having[?] Emphatically-not also the [tax]collectors are-doing the same[?],
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
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
Cross References
Matthew 9:10and it-becomes of{same}, of{being-lain-up/anew} in to{the home} and, behold, many [tax]collectors and sinful, come[ing], have-been-being-lain-up/anew-together to{the Jesus} and to{the disciples} of{same},
Matthew 18:17Moreover, if-supposing he-may-hear-aside[i.e. disregard] of{same[plural]}, say to{the out-calling}. Moreover, if-supposing also he-may-hear-aside[i.e. disregard] of{the out-calling}, [he:] be-being to{you} even-as the nation-al and the [tax]collector.
Luke 6:32and if you-are-loving the loving you, about-what-such[?] grace/favor is-being to{you}, for also the sinful are-loving the loving same,
Luke 18:13and the [tax]collector, having-stood afar, has_not_been-will-ing, not-moreover, to-lift-upon the eyes into the heaven; contrariwise, he-has-been-beating the chest/sternum of{same}, saying, 'The God, be-propitiated to{me, the sinful}.'
Luke 19:7and, behold[ing], all have-been-murmuring/muttering/grumbling-through, saying that beside to{[a] sinful man} he-comes-into to-loose-down[i.e. retire].
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 →