Luke 6:30

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“Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.”

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BSBPD

“Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:30 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
  2. Deuteronomy 15:7If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
  3. Nehemiah 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
  4. Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
  5. Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
  6. Proverbs 3:27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
  7. Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
  8. Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
  9. Proverbs 21:26All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
  10. Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
  11. Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
  12. Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
  13. Ezekiel 11:1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
  14. Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
  15. Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
  16. Matthew 18:27His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
  17. Matthew 18:35That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
  18. Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
  19. Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
  20. Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
  21. Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  22. Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  23. 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
  24. 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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