Luke 6:32

American Standard Version (1901)

And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:46-47 : 46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the Gentiles the same?
  • 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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  • Luke 6:33-38
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    33And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.

    34And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.

    35But love your enemies, and do [them] good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

    36Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

    37And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

    38give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

  • Matt 5:42-47
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    42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

    43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

    44but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

    45that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

    46For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

    47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the Gentiles the same?

  • Luke 6:26-31
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    26Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

    27But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

    28bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

    29To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.

    30Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

    31And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Jas 2:8
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    8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

  • Matt 7:11-12
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    11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

    12All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

  • John 13:34-35
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    34A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

    35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

    2When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

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    8Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

  • John 15:17
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    17These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

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    22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

    23Rejoice in that day, and leap [for joy] : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

  • Matt 22:39
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    39And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.

  • Luke 17:9
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    9Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

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    37And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

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    33shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

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    42When they had not [wherewith] to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?

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    42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

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    8Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

  • Matt 6:4
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    4that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

  • Luke 14:12
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    12And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

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    6who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

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    7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men: