Common English Bible

Luke 6:36-47 Common English Bible (CEB)

36. Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.

37. "Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

38. Give, and it will be given to you. A good portion—packed down, firmly shaken, and overflowing—will fall into your lap. The portion you give will determine the portion you receive in return."

39. Jesus also told them a riddle. "A blind person can’t lead another blind person, right? Won’t they both fall into a ditch?

40. Disciples aren’t greater than their teacher, but whoever is fully prepared will be like their teacher.

41. Why do you see the splinter in your brother’s or sister’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye?

42. How can you say to your brother or sister, ‘Brother, Sister, let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ when you don’t see the log in your own eye? You deceive yourselves! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s or sister’s eye.

43. “A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit, nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.

44. Each tree is known by its own fruit. People don’t gather figs from thorny plants, nor do they pick grapes from prickly bushes.

45. A good person produces good from the good treasury of the inner self, while an evil person produces evil from the evil treasury of the inner self. The inner self overflows with words that are spoken.

46. "Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ and don’t do what I say?

47. I’ll show what it’s like when someone comes to me, hears my words, and puts them into practice.