Matthew 5:46
For if ye love only them that love you, what reward do ye expect? do not even the publicans the same?
1770 John Worsley NT
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 embrace your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not the publicans so likewise?
Cross References
Matthew 9:10And as He was sitting at table in the house of Matthew, behold, several publicans and notorious sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
Matthew 18:17And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican.
Luke 6:32If ye love only them that love you, what thanks are due to you? for even the wicked love those that love them:
Luke 18:13But the publican standing at a distance did not presume so much as to lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 19:7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone to be guest with a wicked 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 →