Matthew 5:46
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 5:46 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 5:46 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 5:46 — KJV
“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?”
— Matthew 5:46 (KJV)
Matthew 5:46 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 5:46
“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates”
Shares key themes with Matthew 5:46: even, same
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 5:46: love, even
“And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 5:46: love, even
“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 5:46: love, even
“And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 5:46: even, same
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