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36 Show compassion, just as your Father shows compassion.

37 “Don’t judge,
    and you won’t be judged.
Don’t condemn,
    and you won’t be condemned.

“Forgive,
    and you will be forgiven.
38 Give,
    and you will receive gifts —

the full measure, compacted, shaken together and overflowing, will be put right in your lap. For the measure with which you measure out will be used to measure back to you!”

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36 Be merciful,(A) just as your Father(B) is merciful.

Judging Others(C)

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged.(D) Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.(E) 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.(F) For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”(G)

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