Luke 6:33
And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
KJV
καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἀγαθοποιῆτε τοὺς ἀγαθοποιοῦντας ὑμᾶς, ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστὶν; καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσιν.
Greek NT
Et si benefeceritis his qui vobis benefaciunt, quæ vobis est gratia ? siquidem et peccatores hoc faciunt.
Vulgate
And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.
ASV
And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also do this.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- + γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + γὰρ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§96And first of all let us imitate the breadth of His love. For the Church, the Bride of Christ, is one; and yet so vast is the love of the divine Spouse that it embraces in His Bride the whole human race without exception. Our Savior shed His Blood precisely in order that He might reconcile men to God through the Cross, and might constrain them to unite in one body, however widel…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:18 — That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Prov 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.