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Even the tax collectors do that! </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/matthew/5-46.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/matthew/5-46.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/matthew/5-46.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/1.htm">Matthew</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/5.htm">Chapter 5</a> > Verse 46</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/5-45.htm" title="Matthew 5:45">◄</a> Matthew 5:46 <a href="../matthew/5-47.htm" title="Matthew 5:47">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/matthew/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/matthew/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that! <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/matthew/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for this? Even tax collectors love their friends. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/matthew/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?</p><p class="hdg">if.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1</a> Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/6-32.htm">Luke 6:32-35</a> And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love them. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_peter/2-20.htm">1 Peter 2:20-23</a> For what glory is it, if, committing sin and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently: this is thankworthy before God. . . . </p><p class="hdg">publicans.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/9-10.htm">Matthew 9:10,11</a> And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/11-19.htm">Matthew 11:19</a> The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/18-17.htm">Matthew 18:17</a> And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/21-31.htm">Matthew 21:31,32</a> Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/15-1.htm">Luke 15:1</a> Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a> And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/19-2.htm">Luke 19:2,7</a> And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans: and he was rich. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/matthew/5.htm">Love Your Enemies</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">45</span>That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. <span class="reftext">46</span><span class="highl">For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?</span> <span class="reftext">47</span>And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/5-47.htm">Matthew 5:47</a></span><br />And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/9-10.htm">Matthew 9:10</a></span><br />And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/9-11.htm">Matthew 9:11</a></span><br />And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/11-19.htm">Matthew 11:19</a></span><br />The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/21-31.htm">Matthew 21:31</a></span><br />Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/21-32.htm">Matthew 21:32</a></span><br />For John came to you in the way of justice: and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../mark/2-15.htm">Mark 2:15</a></span><br />And it came to pass as he sat at meat in his house, many Publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../mark/2-16.htm">Mark 2:16</a></span><br />And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/3-12.htm">Luke 3:12</a></span><br />And the publicans also came to be baptized and said to him: Master, what shall we do?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/5-29.htm">Luke 5:29</a></span><br />And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: And there was a great company of publicans and of others that were at table with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/5-30.htm">Luke 5:30</a></span><br />But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/6-32.htm">Luke 6:32</a></span><br />And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/7-29.htm">Luke 7:29</a></span><br />And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/7-34.htm">Luke 7:34</a></span><br />The Son of man is come eating and drinking. And you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/15-1.htm">Luke 15:1</a></span><br />Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/15-1.htm">Collectors</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-31.htm">Credit</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-31.htm">Earned</a> <a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Love</a> <a href="/luke/19-2.htm">Publicans</a> <a href="/matthew/5-12.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/daniel/11-20.htm">Tax</a> <a href="/luke/15-1.htm">Tax-Farmers</a> <a href="/romans/13-6.htm">Tax-Gatherers</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/5-47.htm">Collectors</a> <a href="/luke/6-32.htm">Credit</a> <a href="/luke/19-16.htm">Earned</a> <a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">Love</a> <a href="/matthew/5-47.htm">Publicans</a> <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/matthew/5-47.htm">Tax</a> <a href="/matthew/9-10.htm">Tax-Farmers</a> <a href="/matthew/5-47.htm">Tax-Gatherers</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/matthew/5-46.htm">Matthew 5:46 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Are collectors do doing even For get have If love not reward same tax that the those what who will you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-46.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 5:46 For if you love those who love (Matt. 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