Matthew 5:46

New Living Translation

If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.

Cross References

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”

Matthew 18:17

If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.

Matthew 5:47

If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.

Matthew 6:1

“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.

Mark 2:15

Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.)

Mark 2:16

But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

Luke 15:1

Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.

Luke 18:13

“But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’

Luke 19:2

There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.

Luke 19:7

But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

Luke 3:12

Even corrupt tax collectors came to be baptized and asked, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Luke 5:29

Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”

Luke 7:29

When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’