Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they will give into your bosom; for with that measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you again.”

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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

37And do not judge, and you may not be judged; do not condemn, and you may not be condemned; release, and you will be released.

39And He spoke an allegory to them, “Is blind able to lead blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 19:16When a violent witness rises against a man to testify against him apostasy,

2 Samuel 19:36As a little thing, your servant passes over the Jordan with the king, and why does the king repay me this repayment?

Esther 7:10And they hang Haman on the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king has lain down.

Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,

Psalms 18:25With the kind You show Yourself kind, || With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.

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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