Luke 6:38 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³⁸ 6 And why call you me, Lord, Lord; and do not the things which I say?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A good portion—packed down, firmly shaken, and overflowing—will fall into your lap. The portion you give will determine the portion you receive in return.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:38 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:36

1 Therefore all the men of Israel running together to the king, said to him: Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and have brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

Esther 7:10

And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed by new letters.

Esther 9:25

0 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,

Job 42:11

Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.

Psalm 79:12

Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

Exodus 21:24

7 Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.

Proverbs 10:22

9 The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.

Proverbs 19:17

4 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Proverbs 22:9

6 He that oppresseth the poor, to in- crease his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.

Jeremiah 32:18

6 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:

Matthew 10:42

But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

Matthew 7:2

0 Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

Mark 4:24

2 And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof.

Luke 6:30

8 Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

Deuteronomy 15:10

5 Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee this.

James 2:13

2 Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect?

Judges 1:7

2 And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.