38 (A)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put (B)into your lap. For (C)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

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The Cheerful Giver

The point is this: (A)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[a] will also reap bountifully.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Greek with blessings; twice in this verse

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