Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
And if you do good things [only] to those who do good things to you, what thanks do you deserve for doing that? For even worldly people do that much.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that.
A Conservative Version
And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same.
American Standard Version
And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
And if you do good to them that do good to you, what thanks have you? for even sinners do the same.
Bible in Basic English
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
Common New Testament
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if you return one kind office by another, where's the obligation? the heathen themselves do as much.
Darby Translation
And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
Godbey New Testament
And if you may do good to those doing good to you, what grace is there to you? for sinners also do the same.
Goodspeed New Testament
And if you help only those who help you, what merit is there in that? Even godless people act in that way.
John Wesley New Testament
And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? For even sinners do the same.
Julia Smith Translation
And if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace is to you? for also the sinful do the same.
King James 2000
And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have you? for sinners also do even the same.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? Even the sinners do the same!
Modern King James verseion
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also do the same.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if ye do for them which do for you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners do even the same.
Moffatt New Testament
If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that.
Montgomery New Testament
"And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even sinners do the same.
NET Bible
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
New Heart English Bible
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Noyes New Testament
For if ye do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do ye deserve? even sinners do the same.
Sawyer New Testament
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have you? for sinners do the same.
The Emphasized Bible
For, if ye even do good unto them that do good unto you, what sort of thanks are there for you? Even sinners, the same, are doing.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And if ye do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have ye? do not even sinners the same thing?
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, if you show kindness only to those who show kindness to you, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast do that!
Webster
And if ye do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
Weymouth New Testament
And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even bad men act thus.
Williams New Testament
And if you practice doing good only to those who do good to you, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice the same.
World English Bible
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Worrell New Testament
"And, if ye do good to those who do good to you, what charm have you? even the sinners do the same.
Worsley New Testament
and if ye do good offices to them that do good to you, what thanks are due to you? for even wicked men do the same.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Delivers the "sermon on the mount" (in galilee)
Lending » Those that lend without hoping for anything in return
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law and the new testament
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 6:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Plain: Love For Enemies
32 And if you love [only] those who love you, what thanks do you deserve for doing that? For even worldly people love those who love them. 33 And if you do good things [only] to those who do good things to you, what thanks do you deserve for doing that? For even worldly people do that much. 34 And if you lend something [only] to those people from whom you expect to have it returned, what thanks do you deserve for doing that? Even worldly people lend to worldly people expecting to get the same things back.