Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that.

New American Standard Bible

If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

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

If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? 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

If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

ye do good
G15
ἀγαθοποιέω 
Agathopoieo 
do good, well doing, do well
Usage: 6

to them which do good
G15
ἀγαθοποιέω 
Agathopoieo 
do good, well doing, do well
Usage: 6

to you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

ποῖος 
Poios 
Usage: 19

χάρις 
Charis 
Usage: 151

ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ye
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ἁμαρτωλός 
Hamartolos 
Usage: 31


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

do
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

Context Readings

The Sermon On The Plain: Love For Enemies

32 "If you love those who love you, what thanks do you deserve? Why, even sinners love those who love them. 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that. 34 If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend.


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