Luke 6:33 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 6:33

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

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ASV

And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.

WEB

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

YLT

and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

DBT

And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
1 Timothy 6:18
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

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) if you do good to them that do good to you, and return their kindnesses, it is from a common principle of custom, honour, and gratitude; and therefore what thanks have you? What credit are you to the name of Christ, or what reputation do you bring to it? for sinners also, that know nothing of Christ and his doctrine, do even the same.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on that day, and that was plucking the ears of corn, when they were hungry on that day. This story here has a date, which we had not in the other evangelists; it was on the second sabbath after the first (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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