Luke 6:32

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.”

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BSBPD

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:32 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 5:46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
  2. 1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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