Parallel Verses
Godbey New Testament
For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?
A Conservative Version
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same?
American Standard Version
For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For if you love [only] those who love you, what reward will you get for that? Do not even the publicans [Note: These were people with a bad reputation for their dishonest tax collecting activities] do that much?
Anderson New Testament
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Common New Testament
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Daniel Mace New Testament
but if you love only them who love you, what reward can ye have? do not the heathens themselves do as much?
Darby Translation
For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
Goodspeed New Testament
For if you love only those who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not the very tax-collectors do that?
John Wesley New Testament
For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye?
Julia Smith Translation
For if ye love them loving you, what reward. have you? do not also the tax collectors the same?
King James 2000
For if you love them who love you, what reward have you? do not even the tax collectors the same?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the tax collectors also do the same?
Modern King James verseion
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For if ye love them which love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so?
Moffatt New Testament
For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much?
Montgomery New Testament
"For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you?
NET Bible
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?
New Heart English Bible
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Noyes New Testament
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?
Sawyer New Testament
For if you love those that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same?
The Emphasized Bible
For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? are not, even the tax-collectors, the same thing, doing?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have you? do not even the publicans the same thing?
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!
Webster
For if ye love them who love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Weymouth New Testament
For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that?
Williams New Testament
For if you practice loving only those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax-collectors practice that?
World English Bible
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
Worrell New Testament
For, if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? do not even the tax-collectors the same?
Worsley New Testament
For if ye love only them that love you, what reward do ye expect? do not even the publicans the same?
Youngs Literal Translation
'For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 5:46
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies
45 in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous. 46 For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same. 47 If you salute your brethren only, what do ye more abundantly? do not the heathens also the same thing?
Cross References
Luke 6:32-35
If you love those who love you, what grace is there to you? for even sinners love those who love them.
Matthew 6:1
But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens:
Matthew 9:10-11
And it came to pass, He was sitting at the table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners, having come were sitting along with Jesus and His disciples.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous and wine-drinking man, a friend of publicans and sinners. Wisdom is truly justified by her children.
Matthew 18:17
But if he may not hear them, tell the church: and if indeed he may not hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen and publican.
Matthew 21:31-32
Which one of the two did the will of the father? They say to Him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say unto you, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Luke 15:1
And all the publicans and sinners were drawing nigh to Him to hear Him.
Luke 18:13
But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner.
Luke 19:2
And behold, a certain man by name called Zaccheus; and he was chief of the publicans, and he was rich.
Luke 19:7
And all seeing, murmured, saying, that He is come in to abide with a sinner man.
1 Peter 2:20-23
For what glory is there, if, committing sin and being buffeted, you endure it? But if, doing good and suffering you endure it, this is grace with God.