"And if ye lend {to them} of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as…" — Luke 6:34

Luke 6:34 · KJV

“And if ye lend {to them} of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.”

— Luke 6:34

Verse 33

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

Verse 35

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and {to} the evil.

Luke 6 — Context

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

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

And if ye lend {to them} of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Cross References

Matthew 5:42

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Luke 14:12-14

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor {thy} rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

Luke 6:35

Deuteronomy 15:8-11

But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, {in that} which he wanteth.