32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
32 "If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
32 If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back? Run-of-the-mill sinners do that.
32 But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
32 "If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 6:32
Commentary on Luke 6:27-36
(Read Luke 6:27-36)
These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his blood, and knows the greatness of the mercy and the love there is in him, can say, in truth and sincerity, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Let us then aim to be merciful, even according to the mercy of our heavenly Father to us.