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Matthew 5:46

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 46 For if you love those loving you, what reward do you have?+ Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing?

Matthew 5:46

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 46 ἐὰν If ever γὰρ for ἀγαπήσητε YOU might love τοὺς the (ones) ἀγαπῶντας loving ὑμᾶς, YOU, τίνα what μισθὸν reward ἔχετε; are having YOU? οὐχὶ Not καὶ also οἱ the τελῶναι tax collectors τὸ the αὐτὸ very ποιοῦσιν; are doing?

Matthew 5:46

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 46 For if YOU love those loving YOU, what reward do YOU have?+ Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing?

Matthew 5:46

The Bible in Living English
- 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? do not even customhouse officers do the same?

Matthew 5:46

American Standard Version
- 46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Matthew 5:46

The Emphasized Bible
- 46 For if ye love them that love you what reward have ye? are not even the tax-collectors the same thing doing?

Matthew 5:46

King James Version
- 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Matthew

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- 5:46 w78 7/1 6; ad 1578; w65 207; g64 7/22 28

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5:46
  
  tax collectors: Many Jews collected taxes for the Roman authorities. People hated such Jews because they not only collaborated with a resented foreign power but also extorted more than the official tax rate. Tax collectors were generally shunned by fellow Jews, who put them on the same level as sinners and prostitutes.—Mt 11:19; 21:32.