Luke 6:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:46-47 : 46 For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same? 47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
  • 1 Pet 2:19-20 : 19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done. 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

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  • Luke 6:33-38
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    33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

    34And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

    35But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

    36Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

    37Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

    38Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

  • Matt 5:42-47
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    42Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

    43You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

    44But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

    45So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

    46For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

    47And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

  • Luke 6:26-31
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    26Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

    27But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

    28Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

    29If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

    30Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    14For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

    15But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

  • Jas 2:8
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    8But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

  • Matt 7:11-12
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    11If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

    12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

  • John 13:34-35
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    34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

    35By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

    2When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

  • Rom 13:8
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    8Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

  • John 15:17
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    17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • Luke 6:22-23
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    22Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

    23Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

  • Gal 5:14
    69%

    14For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    69%

    20If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

    21And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

  • Matt 22:39
    69%

    39And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Eph 4:32
    68%

    32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • Luke 17:9
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    9Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

  • Luke 10:37
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    37And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

  • Matt 18:33
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    33Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

  • Luke 7:42
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    42When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

  • John 5:42
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    42But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

  • Matt 6:4
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    4So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Luke 14:12
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    12And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

  • 3 John 1:6
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    6Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:

  • Eph 6:7
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    7Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men: