Matthew 5:46

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For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

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  • Luke 6:32-35 : 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
  • Luke 15:1 : 1 The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’
  • Luke 19:2 : 2 Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.
  • Luke 19:7 : 7 And when the people saw it, they all complained,“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
  • 1 Pet 2:20-23 : 20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God. 21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.
  • Matt 6:1 : 1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
  • Matt 9:10-11 : 10 As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
  • Matt 18:17 : 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God! 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

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  • Matt 5:47-48
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    47 And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?

    48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • Luke 6:30-36
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    87%

    30 Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

    31 Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

    32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

    33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

    34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.

    35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

    36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  • Matt 5:42-45
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    42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.

    43 Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’

    44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

    45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

  • Luke 6:26-28
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    26 “Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

    27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

    28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

  • Luke 3:11-13
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    11 John answered them,“The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.”

    12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”

    13 He told them,“Collect no more than you are required to.”

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

    2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!

  • Matt 7:11-12
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    11 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

    12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

  • Luke 6:23
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    23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

    32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Matt 6:4-5
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    4 so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

    5 Private Prayer“Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward!

  • Matt 5:12
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    12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

  • Jas 2:8
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    8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    14 “For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15 But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”

  • John 13:35
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    35 Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples– if you have love for one another.”

  • Rom 12:14
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    14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Luke 14:12
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    12 He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

  • Matt 5:38-39
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    38 Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

    39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

  • John 5:42
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    42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

  • John 15:12
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    12 My commandment is this– to love one another just as I have loved you.

  • Luke 6:46
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    46 “Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?

  • Rom 13:8
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    8 Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

  • Luke 15:1
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    1 The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

  • Luke 6:38
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    38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

  • Matt 22:39
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    39 The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

  • Matt 6:8
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    8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • John 15:17
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    17 This I command you– to love one another.

  • Luke 14:14
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    14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

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