Matthew 5:46

Good News Translation

Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that!

Cross References

Matthew 11:19

When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’ God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results.”

Matthew 18:17

And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 5:47

And if you speak only to your friends, have you done anything out of the ordinary? Even the pagans do that!

Matthew 6:1

“Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.

Mark 2:15

Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts was following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table.

Mark 2:16

Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such people?”

Luke 15:1

One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’

Luke 19:2

There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich.

Luke 19:7

All the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”

Luke 3:12

Some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”

Luke 5:29

Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.

Luke 5:30

Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus' disciples. “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?” they asked.

Luke 7:29

All the people heard him; they and especially the tax collectors were the ones who had obeyed God's righteous demands and had been baptized by John.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man came, and he ate and drank, and you said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’