Luke Chapter 6 verse 32 Holy Bible
And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.
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If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
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And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
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For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
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If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 32, 33. - For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. There are three manners of return, as Augustine - quoted by Archbishop Trench in his 'Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount' - observes, which men may make one to another: the returning good for good and evil for evil, - this is the ordinary rule of man; then beneath this there is the returning of evil for good, which is devilish; while above it there is the returning of good for evil, which is Divine, - and this is what is commanded for the followers of Jesus here. On the words, "sinners also love those that love them," Augustine's words are singularly terse and quaint: "Amas amantes te filios et parentes. Amat et latro, amat et draco, amant et lupi, amant et ursi" (quoted by Archbishop Trench, 'Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount,' p. 234, note).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) For if ye love them which love you.--See Note on Matthew 5:46, and note St. Luke's use, as writing for Gentiles, of the wider term "sinners," instead of the more specific "publicans," which pointed the maxim, perhaps, for those who originally heard it, and certainly for St. Matthew's Jewish readers. There is also a slight variation in the form of the closing questions--St. Luke's "what thank have ye" pointing to the expectation of gratitude in return for good offices, St. Matthew's "what reward" to a more concrete and solid payment.
