Luke 6:38 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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

Luke 6:37 Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.

Luke 6:38 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 6:39 And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.

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 "Judge not and you shall not be..." into verse 39's "And he spoke also to them a...", 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.