Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye will not be judged: condemn not, and ye will not be condemned: release, and ye will be released.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
36Be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
Cross References
Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercies!
Matthew 7:1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew 18:34And his lord was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him.
Luke 17:3Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother transgress, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Romans 14:3And he that eateth, should not despise him that eateth not; and he that eateth not, should not judge him that eateth, for God hath received him.
1 Corinthians 4:3But to me, it is a light matter to be judged of by you, or by any man whatever; nay, I am no judge of myself.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:28-37
Exhortations to Justice and Mercy. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 32 For… Read the whole commentary →