Matthew 7:2

7:2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. ¹ 

Luke 6:37-38

Do Not Judge Others

6:37 “Do ²  not judge, ³  and you will not be judged; ⁴  do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, ⁵  and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, ⁶  will be poured ⁷  into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” ⁸ 

Luke 6:2

6:2 But some of the Pharisees ⁹  said, “Why are you ¹⁰  doing what is against the law ¹¹  on the Sabbath?”

Colossians 1:6

1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel ¹²  is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing ¹³  among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured to you.”

[6:37]  ² tn Grk “And do.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:37]  ³ sn As the Gospel makes clear, with the statement do not judge Jesus had in mind making a judgment that caused one to cut oneself off from someone so that they ceased to be reached out to (5:27-32; 15:1-32). Jesus himself did make judgments about where people stand (11:37-54), but not in such a way that he ceased to continue to offer them God’s grace.

[6:37]  ⁴ sn The point of the statement do not judge, and you will not be judged is that the standards one applies to others God applies back. The passive verbs in this verse look to God’s action.

[6:37]  ⁵ sn On forgive see Luke 11:4; 1 Pet 3:7.

[6:38]  ⁶ sn The background to the image pressed down, shaken together, running over is pouring out grain for measure in the marketplace. One often poured the grain into a container, shook it to level out the grain and then poured in some more. Those who are generous have generosity running over for them.

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Grk “they will give”; that is, “pour.” The third person plural has been replaced by the passive in the translation.

[6:38]  ⁸ tn Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured back to you.”

[6:2]  ⁹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[6:2]  ¹⁰ tn Note that the verb is second person plural (with an understood plural pronominal subject in Greek). The charge is again indirectly made against Jesus by charging the disciples.

[6:2]  ¹¹ sn The alleged violation expressed by the phrase what is against the law is performing work on the Sabbath. That the disciples ate from such a field is no problem given Deut 23:25, but Sabbath activity is another matter in the leaders’ view (Exod 20:8-11 and Mishnah, m. Shabbat 7.2). The supposed violation involved reaping, threshing, winnowing, and preparing food. This probably explains why the clause describing the disciples “rubbing” the heads of grain in their hands is mentioned last, in emphatic position. This was preparation of food.

[1:6]  ¹² tn Grk “just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit.” The antecedent (“the gospel”) of the implied subject (“it”) of ἐστιν (estin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:6]  ¹³ tn Though the participles are periphrastic with the present tense verb ἐστίν (estin), the presence of the temporal indicator “from the day” in the next clause indicates that this is a present tense that reaches into the past and should be translated as “has been bearing fruit and growing.” For a discussion of this use of the present tense, see ExSyn 519-20.