Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Bible References
If
Matthew 6:1
Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
Luke 6:32
If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them.
1 Peter 2:20
Where is the credit in standing punishment for having done wrong? No, if you stand suffering for having done right, that is what God counts a merit.
Publicans
Matthew 9:10
Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.
Matthew 11:19
the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."
Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church; and if he refuses to listen to the church, treat him as a pagan or a taxgatherer.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.
Luke 15:1
Now the tax gatherers and sinners were all approaching him to listen to him,
Luke 18:13
But the taxgatherer stood far away and would not lift even his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'O God, have mercy on me for my sins!'
Luke 19:2
there was a man called Zacchaeus, the head of the taxgatherers, a wealthy man,