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38 Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour [a]into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.

39 He further told them [b]a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a [c]hole in the ground?

40 A pupil is not superior to his teacher, but everyone [when he is] completely trained (readjusted, restored, set to rights, and perfected) will be like his teacher.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:38 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Luke 6:39 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  3. Luke 6:39 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

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