Lexham English Bible

Luke 6:37-47 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

37. “And do not judge, and you will never be judged. And do not condemn, and you will never be condemned. Pardon, and you will be pardoned.

38. Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure—pressed down, shaken, overflowing—they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return.”

39. And he also told them a parable: “Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?

40. A disciple is not superior to his teacher, but everyone, when he is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

41. And why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam of wood that is in your own eye?

42. How are you able to say to your brother, “Brother, allow me to remove the speck that is in your eye,” while you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye!

43. “For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor on the other hand a bad tree that produces good fruit,

44. for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn plants, nor are grapes harvested from thorn bushes.

45. The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

46. “And why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?

47. “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them—I will show you what he is like: