Luke 6:38

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

37'And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

39And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall 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 19:16'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,

2 Samuel 19:36As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?

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

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

Psalms 18:25With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself 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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