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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.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ποῖος
poios
interrogative_pronoun · 33×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀγαθοποιέω
agathopoieo
verb · 9×
ἁμαρτωλός
amartolos
adjective · 47×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | Treg/NIV/RP: καὶ | WH/NA: + γὰρ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + γὰρWestcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/NIV: καὶ | Treg/RP: + γὰρ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + γὰρTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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.