Luke 6:37 (GNV)

Passage

Iudge not, and ye shall not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:35 Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

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

Luke 6:37 Iudge not, and ye shall not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

Luke 6:38 Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you againe.

Luke 6:39 And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "iudge", "shall", "iudged", "condemne", "condemned", "forgiue", and "shalbe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "iudge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "Be ye therefore mercifull as your Father..." into verse 38's "Giue and it shalbe giuen vnto you...", so "condemn" and "iudge" 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 "iudge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.