Luke 6:38

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

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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

37Don’t judge, 2 and you won’t be judged. 1 Don’t condemn, 2 and you won’t be condemned. 1 Set free, 2 and you will be set free.

39He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

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Cross References

Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, + 21:24. Quoted in Matt 5:38 hand for hand, foot for foot,

Deuteronomy 19:16If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

Psalms 18:25With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. 2 With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. 1

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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