Matthew 5:46 KJV

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

Words Then and Now

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Thou and Ye

  • ye, you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • The law of love explainedThe Jewish teachers by "neighbour" understood only those who were of their own country, nation, and religion, whom they were pleased to look upon as their...

Thompson Chains

Harmony of the Gospels

Parallel Passages

  • Luke 6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Luke 6:32–35 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. …
  • Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
  • Matthew 9:10–11 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. …
  • Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
  • Matthew 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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Greek and Strong’s

  • For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
  • if Ἐὰν Ean ἐάν Conjunction
  • ye love ἀγαπήσητε agapēsēte ἀγαπάω Verb · aorist active subjunctive, second person plural
  • them which τοὺς tous ὁ Pronoun · accusative masculine plural
  • love ἀγαπῶντας agapōntas ἀγαπάω Verb · present active participle, accusative masculine plural
  • you ὑμᾶς hymas Pronoun · second person, accusative plural ὑμᾶς hymâs
  • what τίνα tina τίς Article · accusative masculine singular
  • reward μισθὸν misthon μισθός Noun · accusative masculine singular
  • have ye ἔχετε echete ἔχω Verb · present active indicative, second person plural
  • do ποιοῦσιν poiousin ποιέω Verb · present active indicative, third person plural
  • not οὐχὶ ouchi οὐχί Particle
  • even καὶ kai καί Adverb
  • the publicans οἱ hoi Article · nominative masculine plural τελῶναι telōnai τελώνης Noun · nominative masculine plural
  • the same τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular αὐτὸ auto αὐτός Pronoun · accusative neuter singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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