Luke 6:38 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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?

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "shall", "given", "good", "measure", "pressed", "down", and "shaken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "And judge not and ye shall not..." into verse 39's "And he spoke also a parable to...", so "give" and "shall" 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 "give" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.