Luke 6:32 (DRB)

Passage

And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love them.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:30 Give to every one that asketh thee: and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

Luke 6:31 And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner.

Luke 6:32 And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also love those that love them.

Luke 6:33 And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to you? For sinners also do this.

Luke 6:34 And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks are to you? For sinners also lend to sinners, for to receive as much.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "love", "thanks", and "sinners". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "love" and "thanks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "And as you would that men should..." into verse 33's "And if you do good to them...", so "love" and "thanks" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "love" and "thanks" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.