Matthew 5:46 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:46

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Glossa Ordinaria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1274)

(non occ.) To love one that loves us is of nature, but to love our enemy of charity. If ye love them who love you, what reward have ye? to wit, in heaven. None truly, for of such it is said, Ye have received your reward. But these things we ought to do, and not leave the other undone.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For if ye love them which love you,.... That is, if ye only love such that love you; for that such who love should be loved again, is both natural and just: our Lord's meaning is not, that ye ought not to love them that love you, but that these should not be the only objects of your love; for should this be the case, what reward have ye? or "shall ye have?" Do you deserve any thanks for your love now? none at all, it is what you are obliged to by your friend's love to you.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For if ye love them which love you - He who loves only his friends, does nothing for God’s sake. He who loves for the sake of pleasure or interest, pays himself. God has no enemy which he hates but sin; we should have no other. The publicans - That is, tax-gatherers, τελωναι, from τελος a tax, and ωνεομαι I buy or farm. A farmer or collector of the taxes or public revenues.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐὰν	ean	If	G1437 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀγαπήσητε	agapēsēte	you shall love	G25 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
ἀγαπῶντας	agapōntas	loving	G25 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →
τίνα	tina	what	G5101 →
μισθὸν	misthon	reward	G3408 →
ἔχετε;	echete	have you?	G2192 →
οὐχὶ	ouchi	Surely	G3780 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
τελῶναι	telōnai	tax collectors	G5057 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
αὐτὸ	auto	same	G846 →
ποιοῦσιν;	poiousin	do?	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
leads to
- Ezra 9:6
  and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- 1 John 1:8–10
  If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 Timothy 1:15
  This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
- Psalms 41:4
  I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
- Hebrews 8:12
  For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Through
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
leads to
- Matthew 9:10–11
  Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
- Luke 7:34–36
  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- Luke 19:7
  And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”