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37 Judge not [neither pronouncing judgment nor subjecting to censure], and you will not be judged; do not condemn and pronounce guilty, and you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty; acquit and forgive and [a]release (give up resentment, let it drop), and you will be acquitted and forgiven and [b]released.

38 Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour [c]into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.

39 He further told them [d]a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a [e]hole in the ground?

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:37 Literal translation.
  2. Luke 6:37 Literal meaning.
  3. Luke 6:38 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Luke 6:39 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  5. Luke 6:39 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

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