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LUKE 6:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 6:37Luke 6:39
“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.”
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 to you — the giving principle: give and it will be given to you. The good measure pressed down, shaken together, running over is the agricultural image of maximum generous measure — the grain-seller's most generous possible filling of the container. The measure you use will be used back to you: the standard of your giving becomes the standard of your receiving.

Church Fathers on Luke 6:38

The Lord added, that we must not readily judge others, lest when conscious of guilt yourself, you should be compelled to pass sentence upon another.

Ambrose · 4th century

Judge not your superior, that is, you a disciple must not judge your master; nor a sinner the innocent. You must not blame them, but advise and correct with love; neither must we pass judgment in doubtful and indifferent matters, which bear no resemblance to sin, or which are not serious or forbidden.

Chrysostom · 4th century

He here expresses that worst inclination of our thoughts or hearts, which is the first beginning and origin of a proud disdain. For although it becomes men to look into themselves and walk after God, this they do not, but look into the things of others, and while they forget their own passions, behold the infirmities of some, and make them a subject of reproach.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century
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