“Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Forgive, and you'll be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you — good measure, pressed down, shaken together, spilling over, poured into the fold of your garmentpublicCulturePoured into the fold of your garmentA marketplace image. Grain sellers measured grain in standardized containers, then poured the purchase into the customer's κόλπος — the fold of the outer garment gathered at the waist to form a pouch. The three participles — pressed down (πεπιεσμένον), shaken together (σεσαλευμένον), overflowing (ὑπερεκχυννόμενον) — accumulate: God doesn't skim. This is generosity that exceeds the container. The image is physical, commercial, and vivid.. Whatever measure you use, that's what you'll get back.”

He also told them a parable. “Can a blind person guide another blind person? Won't both of them fall into a pit? Students are not above their teacher. But everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

“Why do you notice the splinter in someone else's eye and miss the plank in your own? How can you say, 'Let me get that splinter out of your eye,' when you've got a plank sticking out of yours? HypocritetranslateTextHypocrite (ὑποκριτά)The Greek ὑποκριτής originally meant “actor” — someone wearing a theatrical mask, performing a role. Jesus' use is deliberately theatrical: you are playing the part of an eye surgeon while a construction timber protrudes from your own face. The humor is intentional. Ancient audiences would have laughed — and the laughter opens the door to self-awareness. This is not moral condemnation but the exposure of absurd performance. — get the plank out of your own eye first. Then you might see well enough to help with the splinter in theirs.”