Matthew 5:46
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes blessing the poor in spirit, mourners, meek, and peacemakers. Jesus declares he has come not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. Six antitheses intensify the Law's demands: not just …
Other Translations
For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?
Cross References
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that …
And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon …
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, …
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that …
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, …
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the …
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, …