Luke 6:38 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 29 (444)

He has given us full assurance that God, who gives all things abundantly to those who love him, shall reward us with bountiful hand. He said, "Good measure, and squeezed down, and running over shall they give into your bosom." He added this too, "For with what measure you give, it shall be measured to you." There is, however, an apparent incompatibility between the two declarations. If we are to receive good measure, and squeezed down, and running over, how shall we be paid back the same measure we give?

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (373)

(Orat. 3. cont. Arian.) That is to say, that we beholding His mercies, what good things we do should do them not with regard to men, but to Him, that we may obtain our rewards from God, not from men.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those that deal hardly with others must acknowledge, as Adoni-bezek did ( Judg. i. 7 ), that God is righteous, if others deal hardly with them, and they may expect to be paid in their own coin; but they that deal kindly with others have reason to hope that, when they have occasion, God will raise them up friends who will deal kindly with them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Give, and it shall be given - “Christian charity will make no difficulty in giving that which eternal truth promises to restore. Let us give, neither out of mere human generosity, nor out of vanity, nor from interest, but for the sake of God, if we would have him place it to account. There is no such thing as true unmixed generosity but in God only; because there is none but him who receives no advantage from his gifts, and because he engages himself to pay these debts of his creatures with an excessive interest.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
δίδοτε,	didote	do give,	G1325 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δοθήσεται	dothēsetai	it will be given	G1325 →
ὑμῖν.	humin	to you.	G4771 →
μέτρον	metron	Measure	G3358 →
καλὸν	kalon	good	G2570 →
πεπιεσμένον	pepiesmenon	pressed down	G4085 →
σεσαλευμένον	sesaleumenon	shaken together	G4531 →
ὑπερεκχυννόμενον	huperekchunnomenon	running over	G5240 →
δώσουσιν	dōsousin	will they put	G1325 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κόλπον	kolpon	lap	G2859 →
ὑμῶν·	humōn	of you;	G4771 →
ᾧ	hō	with which	G3739 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
μέτρῳ	metrō	measure	G3358 →
μετρεῖτε,	metreite	you measure,	G3354 →
ἀντιμετρηθήσεται	antimetrēthēsetai	it will be re-measured	G488 →
ὑμῖν.	humin	to you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 4:24
He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
leads to
- Hebrews 2:1
  We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Luke 8:18
  Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
- Matthew 7:2
  For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6
  Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Acts 17:11
  Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
Through
Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
leads to
- James 2:13
  For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Mark 4:24
  He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
- Obadiah 1:15
  For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Luke