Luke 6:38-40
New Testament for Everyone
38 Give, and it will be given to you: a good helping, squashed down, shaken in, and overflowing—that’s what will land in your lap. Yes: the ration you give to others is the ration you’ll get back for yourself.”
Judging others and true obedience
39 Jesus told them this riddle. “What do you get when one blind man guides another? Both of them falling in a ditch! 40 Students can’t do better than the teacher; when the course is done, they’ll all be just like the teacher.
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Luke 6:38-40
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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.(A) For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”(B)
39 He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?(C) 40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.(D)
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