³⁸ Give, and ·you will receive [^Lit will be given to you]. ·You will be given much [^L…a good measure…]. ·Pressed down [Compacted], shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap [^Cthe image is of grain overflowing its container]. The ·way you give to [standard/measure you use with] others is the ·way God will give to [standard/measure God will use with] you.”

³⁹ Jesus told them this ·story [parable]: “Can a blind person ·lead [guide] another blind person? No! Both of them will fall into a ·ditch [pit; hole]. ⁴⁰ A ·student [disciple] is not ·better than [above] the teacher, but ·the student [^Leveryone] who has been fully trained will be like the teacher.