Luke 6:37-42
King James Version
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35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.Select Luke 6:35
36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.Select Luke 6:36
37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:Select Luke 6:37
38Give, 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.Select Luke 6:38
39And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?Select Luke 6:39
40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.Select Luke 6:40
41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Select Luke 6:41
42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.Select Luke 6:42
43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.Select Luke 6:43
44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.Select Luke 6:44
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WEB
6:37 Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
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.”
6:39 He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
6:40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
6:41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?
6:42 Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.
ASV
6:37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
6:38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
6:39 And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
6:40 The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
6:42 Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
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