Luke 6:37 (DBY)

Passage

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for *he* is good to the unthankful and wicked.

Luke 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

Luke 6:37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:39 And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "judge", "shall", "judged", "condemned", and "remit". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "judge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "Be ye therefore merciful even as your..." into verse 38's "Give and it shall be given to...", so "condemn" and "judge" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "condemn" and "judge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.