Luke 6:38 (WEB)

Passage

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Nearby Context

Luke 6:36 “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

Luke 6:37 Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 6:39 He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

Luke 6:40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "Don t judge and you won t..." into verse 39's "He spoke a parable to them Can...", so "give" and "given" 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 "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.