Luke 6:38 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to Luke, if you are kind and share with others, then people will be kind and share with you too, even more than you expect. It's like if you share your toys, later you'll get even more toys back to play with!

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:24

This verse mentions that there is one who gives freely yet grows richer, while another withholds unduly but comes to poverty, which suggests withholding can lead to poverty, contrary to Luke 6:38 implying giving leads to more.

Proverbs 11:24: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 5:10

This verse emphasizes that those who love money will never have enough, contradicting the implication of receiving abundance by giving as highlighted in Luke 6:38.

Ecclesiastes 5:10: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19-20

These verses warn against storing treasures on earth, contrasting with Luke 6:38 which implies that giving will result in them being materially rewarded.

Matthew 6:19-20: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Luke 12:15

This verse highlights that life does not consist in the abundance of possessions, which contradicts the material reward aspect of giving mentioned in Luke 6:38.

Luke 12:15: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Contradiction with James 4:3

This verse indicates that people do not receive because they ask with wrong motives, while Luke 6:38 suggests that giving will unfailingly result in receiving.

James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]

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