For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

你们若单爱那爱你们的人，有什么赏赐呢？就是税吏不也是这样行吗？

你们若只爱那爱你们的人，有什么赏赐呢？就是税吏不也是这样做吗？

你们若只爱那爱你们的人，有什么赏赐呢？就是税吏不也是这样做吗？

如果你们只爱那些爱你们的人，有什么值得嘉奖的呢？就是税吏也会这样做。

如果你们只爱那些爱你们的人，有什么赏赐呢？税吏不也是这样作吗？

其实你们如果只爱那些爱你们的人，会有什么报偿呢？连税吏不也这样做吗？

你們若單愛那愛你們的人，有甚麼賞賜呢？就是稅吏不也是這樣行嗎？

你們若只愛那愛你們的人，有甚麼賞賜呢？就是稅吏不也是這樣做嗎？

你們若只愛那愛你們的人，有甚麼賞賜呢？就是稅吏不也是這樣做嗎？

如果你們只愛那些愛你們的人，有什麼值得嘉獎的呢？就是稅吏也會這樣做。

如果你們只愛那些愛你們的人，有甚麼賞賜呢？稅吏不也是這樣作嗎？

你們若愛那愛你們的，有甚麼賞報可得呢？就是收稅人不也是這樣行麼？

其實你們如果只愛那些愛你們的人，會有什麼報償呢？連稅吏不也這樣做嗎？

爾愛乎愛爾者、有何賞耶、稅吏不亦然乎、

爾而愛愛爾者、有何賞耶、稅吏不亦如是乎、

若爾祇愛愛爾者、有何賞耶、稅吏不亦如是行乎、

爾若僅愛所親、何德之有？即稅吏亦秉此而行焉。

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Even the tax collectors do that.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.

For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same?

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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

For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

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

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

“ If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“ Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

“ Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘ Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘ God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

And when the people saw it, they all complained,“ He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“ The first.” Jesus said to them,“ I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.