Luke 6:38

New Living Translation

Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:36

Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!

Esther 7:10

So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.

Job 42:11

Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.

Psalm 79:12

O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times for the scorn they have hurled at you.

Exodus 21:24

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 19:17

If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!

Proverbs 22:9

Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.

Jeremiah 32:18

You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation’s sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Matthew 10:42

And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

Matthew 7:2

For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

Mark 4:24

Then he added, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given—and you will receive even more.

Luke 6:30

Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back.

Deuteronomy 15:10

Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

James 2:13

There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.