Matthew 5:46
“For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes the same?”
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Matthew 5:46 Context
44But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully vse you, and persecute you: 45That yee may be the children of your father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to rise on the euill and on the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and on the vniust. 46For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes the same? 47And if yee salute your brethren only, what do you more then others? Doe not euen the Publicanes so? 48Be yee therefore perfect, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfect.
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Other Translations for Matthew 5:46
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- King James Version
"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- American Standard Version (1901)
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?
- Basic English Bible
For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
- Darby Bible
For if ye love them who love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- Webster's Bible
For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that?
- Weymouth Bible
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
- World English Bible
For if ye louen hem that louen you, what mede schulen ye han? whether pupplicans doon not this?
- Wycliffe Bible
`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 5:46
5:46 The publicans - were officers of the revenue, farmers, or receivers of the public money: men employed by the Romans to gather the taxes and customs, which they exacted of the nations they had conquered. These were generally odious for their extortion and oppression, and were reckoned by the Jews as the very scum of the earth.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 5:46
Mt 5:46 Do not even the publicans the same? The tax collectors, the gatherers of the Roman tribute, were generally odious, and deemed the scum of the earth, but even they loved those who loved them.