If you love only those who love you, what merit is there in that? For even godless people love those who love them.

If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that.

And if you lend only to people from whom you expect to get something, what merit is there in that? Even godless people lend to godless people, meaning to get it back again in full.

So you too, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants [undeserving of praise or a reward, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have merely done what we ought to do.’”