Luke 6:37

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“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”

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BSBPD

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:37 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  2. Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
  3. Matthew 6:14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
  4. Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
  5. Matthew 18:30But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.
  6. Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
  7. Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
  8. Luke 17:3Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
  9. Romans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
  10. Romans 14:3The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
  11. Romans 14:10Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
  12. 1 Corinthians 4:3I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
  13. 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
  14. Ephesians 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
  15. Colossians 3:13Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
  16. James 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
  17. James 5:9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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