Luke 6:39

Luke 6:39

Do Not Judge

37 ^a“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. ^bForgive, and you will be forgiven.

38 ^aGive, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your ^bbosom. For ^cwith the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

39 And He spoke a parable to them: ^a“Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

40 ^aA disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.

41 ^aAnd why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?

42 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

43 ^a“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

44 For ^aevery tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

45 ^aA good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil¹ treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out ^bof the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Build on the Rock

46 ^a“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

47 ^aWhoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:

48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was¹ founded on the rock.

49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it¹ fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Also a parable (kai parabolhn). Plummer thinks that the second half of the sermon begins here as indicated by Luke's insertion of "And he spake (eipen de) at this point. Luke has the word parable some fifteen times both for crisp proverbs and for the longer narrative comparisons. This is the only use of the term parable concerning the metaphors in the Sermon on the Mount. But in both Matthew and Luke's report of the discourse there are some sixteen possible applications of the word. Two come right together: The blind leading the blind, the mote and the beam. Matthew gives the parabolic proverb of the blind leading the blind later (Matthew 15:14). Jesus repeated these sayings on various occasions as every teacher does his characteristic ideas. So Luke Luke 6:40; Matthew 10:24, Luke 6:45; Matthew 12:34 f.

Can (Mhti dunatai). The use of mhti in the question shows that a negative answer is expected.

Guide (odhgein). Common verb from odhgov (guide) and this from odov (way) and hgeomai, to lead or guide.

Shall they not both fall? (ouxi amfoteroi empesountai). Ouxi, a sharpened negative from ouk, in a question expecting the answer Yes. Future middle indicative of the common verb empiptw.

Into a pit (eiv boqunon). Late word for older boqrov.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 6:39:**

Matthew 13:3
Luke 4:23
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