Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will they give into your lap; for, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured back unto you.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth,—hand for hand, foot for foot,
Deuteronomy 19:16When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man,—to answer against him perversely,
2 Samuel 19:36Just a little way, will thy servant pass over the Jordan with the king,—but wherefore should the king recompense me with this reward?
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai,—and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Psalms 18:25With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving,—With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;
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 →