Bible Cross References
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Matthew 6:1
"Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.
Luke 6:32-35
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"If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!
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And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that!
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And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get it back, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount!
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No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.
1 Peter 2:20-23
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For what credit is there if you endure the beatings you deserve for having done wrong? But if you endure suffering even when you have done right, God will bless you for it.
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It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.
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He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.
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When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.
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Matthew 9:10
While Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and other outcasts came and joined Jesus and his disciples at the table.
Matthew 9:11
Some Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with such people?"
Matthew 11:19
When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!' God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results."
Matthew 18:17
And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.
Matthew 21:31
Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
Matthew 21:32
For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Luke 15:1
One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, 'God, have pity on me, a sinner!'
Luke 19:2
There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich.
Luke 19:7
All the people who saw it started grumbling, "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"