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The Book of Luke, Chapter 6, Verse 34

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‹And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.›
King James Version
‹And if ye lend› [to them] ‹of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.›
American Standard Version
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.
New English Translation
How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
World English Bible
If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
35
‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.›
36
‹Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.›
37
‹Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:›
38
‹Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.›
39
And he spake a parable unto them, ‹Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?›
40
‹The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.›
41
‹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?›
42
‹Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.›
43
‹For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.›
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‹For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.›