32. “If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!
33. And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that!
34. And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get it back, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount!
35. No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.
36. Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.
37. “Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you.
38. Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands — all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you.”
39. And Jesus told them this parable: “One blind man cannot lead another one; if he does, both will fall into a ditch.
40. No pupil is greater than his teacher; but every pupil, when he has completed his training, will be like his teacher.
41. “Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the log in your own eye?