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
"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Luke 6:32
"If you love those who love you, what thanks do you deserve? Why, even sinners love those who love them.
1 Peter 2:20
What good does it do if, when you sin, you patiently receive punishment for it? But if you suffer for doing good and receive it patiently, you have God's approval.
Publicans
Matthew 9:10
While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Absolved from every act of sin, is wisdom by her kith and kin."
Matthew 18:17
If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation. If he also ignores the congregation, regard him as an unbeliever and a tax collector.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the father's will?" They answered, "The first one."
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus.
Luke 18:13
"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'
Luke 19:2
a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that!