Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

In Context

37Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

39And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch?

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Cross References

Exodus 21:24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Deuteronomy 19:16If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,

2 Samuel 19:36I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense.

Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.

Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Psalms 18:25And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49

Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above… Read the whole commentary →

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