Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.

He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?