Luke 6:37

Jesus warns against a censorious, condemning spirit and commends a forgiving one. The measure we extend to others reflects and affects the measure we receive.

Cross-references · 17

• Eph 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
• Jas 5:9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• Matt 7:1–5Judge not, that ye be not judged.
• Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• 1 Cor 13:4–7Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
• Rom 2:1–2Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
• Rom 14:10–16But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
• Matt 5:7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
• Rom 14:3–4Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
• Col 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
• Matt 18:34–35And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
• Matt 6:14–15For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• 1 Cor 4:3–5But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
• Jas 4:11–12Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
• Luke 17:3–4Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
• Isa 65:5Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
• Matt 18:30And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

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