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Source language
Original Greek   
Καὶ εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν; καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας αὐτοὺς ἀγαπῶσιν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Kai ei agapate tous agapontas umas, poia umin kharis estin; kai gar oi amartoloi tous agapontas autous agaposin.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et si diligitis eos qui vos diligunt quae vobis est gratia nam et peccatores diligentes se diligunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For if you love them which love you, what thank have you? for sinners also love those that love them.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For if you love them who love you, what thanks have you? for sinners also love those that love them.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
New King James Version   
“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
21st Century King James Version   
For if ye love them that love you, what thanks have ye? For sinners also love those that love them.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“For if you love those who love you, what goodness do you have? Even sinners love those who love them.”
Darby Bible Translation   
And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also love those that love them.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
God's Word   
"If you love those who love you, do you deserve any thanks for that? Even sinners love those who love them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
International Standard Version   
"If you love those who love you, what thanks do you deserve? Why, even sinners love those who love them.
NET Bible   
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
New American Standard Bible   
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
New International Version   
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
New Living Translation   
"If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!
Webster's Bible Translation   
For if ye love them who love you, what thanks have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Weymouth New Testament   
"If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.
The World English Bible   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Do you only love people who love you? God will not praise you just for doing that! Even bad people love those people who love them.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;
New Life Version   
“If you love those who love you, what pay can you expect from that? Sinners also love those who love them.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For if you love those who love you, what thanks shall you have? For even the sinners love those who love them.
The Voice Bible   
Listen, what’s the big deal if you love people who already love you? Even scoundrels do that much!
Living Bible   
“Do you think you deserve credit for merely loving those who love you? Even the godless do that!
New Catholic Bible   
If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For if ye love those who love you, what grace shall ye have? for sinners also love those that love them.
Christian Standard Bible   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
If you [merely] love those who love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the [very] sinners love their lovers (those who love them).
New Century Version   
If you love only the people who love you, what praise should you get? Even sinners love the people who love them.
The Message   
“Here is a simple rule of thumb for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them! If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back? Run-of-the-mill sinners do that. If you only help those who help you, do you expect a medal? Garden-variety sinners do that. If you only give for what you hope to get out of it, do you think that’s charity? The stingiest of pawnbrokers does that.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? To be sure, even the sinners love those who love them.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And if you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? For even · sinners love those who love them.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
New Matthew Bible   
If you love those who love you, what credit are you worthy of? For the very sinners love their friends.
Good News Translation®   
“If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!
Wycliffe Bible   
And if ye love them that love you, what thank is to you [what grace, or thank, is to you]? for sinful men love men that love them.
New Testament for Everyone   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Think about it: even sinners love people who love them.
Contemporary English Version   
If you love only someone who loves you, will God praise you for that? Even sinners love people who love them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them! And if you do good only to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that, And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get your money back, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners and expect to get their money back. No, you are to love your enemies and do good and lend without hope of return. Your reward will be wonderful and you will be sons of the most high. For he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Common English Bible © 2011   
“If you love those who love you, why should you be commended? Even sinners love those who love them.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
If you [only] love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
New American Standard Bible   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
The Expanded Bible   
If you love only the people who love you, what ·praise [credit] should you get? Even sinners love the people who love them.
Tree of Life Version   
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Revised Standard Version   
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
New International Reader's Version   
“Suppose you love those who love you. Should anyone praise you for that? Even sinners love those who love them.
BRG Bible   
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Complete Jewish Bible   
What credit is it to you if you love only those who love you? Why, even sinners love those who love them.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
If you love those who love you, what good is there in that? Even bad people love those who love them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And if you show ahavah to the ones showing ahavah to you, what kind of shvakh (commendation) to you is that? For even the chote’im (sinners) show ahavah to the ones showing ahavah to them.
Names of God Bible   
“If you love those who love you, do you deserve any thanks for that? Even sinners love those who love them.
Modern English Version   
“For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you receive? For even sinners love those who love them.
Easy-to-Read Version   
“If you love only those who love you, should you get any special praise for doing that? No, even sinners love those who love them!
International Children’s Bible   
If you love only those who love you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners love the people who love them!
Lexham English Bible   
“And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them!
New International Version - UK   
‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
If indeed you are loving the ones loving you, what-kind-of credit is it to you? For even the sinners are loving the ones loving them.