Luke 6:31-41

31 Do for others just what you want them to do for you. ¹

32 "If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!

33 And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that!

34 And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get it back, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount!

35 No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked. ²

36 Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.

37 "Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you.

38 Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands - all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you."

39 And Jesus told them this parable: "One blind man cannot lead another one; if he does, both will fall into a ditch. ³

40 No pupils are greater than their teacher; but all pupils, when they have completed their training, will be like their teacher. ⁴

41 "Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the log in your own eye?

Cross References

• 1. 6.31 +2Tobit 4.15; +1Matthew 7.12.
• 2. +26.35Ben Sira 4.10, 11.
• 3. 6.39Matthew 15.14.
• 4. 6.40Matthew 10.24, 25;John 13.16; 15.20.