These two things will make you poor—hurting poor people to make yourself rich, and giving gifts to rich people.
Luke 6:33 - Easy To Read Version If you do good only to those people that do good to you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners do that! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you are kind and good and do favors to and benefit those who are kind and good and do favors to and benefit you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the preeminently sinful do the same. American Standard Version (1901) And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same. Common English Bible If you do good to those who do good to you, why should you be commended? Even sinners do that. Catholic Public Domain Version And if you will do good to those who do good to you, what credit is due to you? Indeed, even sinners behave this way. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also do this. |
These two things will make you poor—hurting poor people to make yourself rich, and giving gifts to rich people.
But a good leader plans good things to do. And those good things make him a good leader.
“If you love only those people that love you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners love the people that love them!
If you loan things to people, always expecting to get something back, should you get some special praise for that? No! Even sinners lend to other sinners so that they can get back the same amount!
Tell the rich people to do good. Tell them to be rich in doing good things. And tell them to be happy to give and ready to share.