The Law of Karma

Bible quotations in which karma emerges directly

"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.". Matthew 7,1-2

"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." Luke: 6:37

"And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath." Mark. 4,24 25

Comment: He, who gives much, is given much in return. He, who gives nothing, gets everything taken away from him. In that way, one learns to give everything and receive everything.

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Matthew. 7,12 23

Comment: The law is the Law of Karma.

"Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matthew. 18,18

Comment: What we resolve on earth is also resolved in heaven, and vice versa.

"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." Matt. 16,27

Judgement Day. Matthew. 25,31-46

Comment: This parable tells us that it is for our deeds that we are salvaged, not for our faith.

"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.*. Matthew. 12,36 37

"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matthew. 5,7

"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Matthew. 26,52

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6,14-15

Comment: It is not sufficient to have faith in God. We must forgive others their sins in order to be forgiven ourselves (Mark 11, 25). It is told here that the Father cannot forgive us unless we ourselves forgive. That does not mean that the Father will withhold His forgiveness, as He is always forgiving; but to experience and partake in the forgiveness, we must open our hearts to this quality. Unconditioned forgiveness does not exist. Therefore it is said in the Lord's Prayer: "And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us."

"Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little." Luke. 7,47

Comment: It is the change of heart that resolves karma.

The parable about the indebted servant. Matthew.18,23 35

Comment: This parable shows that Jesus Christ forgives us all if also we forgive. If not, this forgiveness shall be taken away from us again. Just like the Law of Karma where there is no unconditional forgiveness. Forgiveness always requires a change of heart.

The parable about the entrusted talents. Matt. 25,14 30. Luke. 19,11 27

Comment: We shall all be rewarded according to the fruits that we give to other people. Those, who carry large fruits, shall be handsomely rewarded and those, who carry small fruits, shall be lightly rewarded. Those, who carry no fruits at all, shall give away what they do have. Consequently, those, who have, to those shall things be given and from those, who do not have, things that they do have shall be taken away from them.

"And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." Luke. 24,46-47

Comment: We shall be forgiven our sins if we change our heart. This is fully in line with the Law of Karma. His message is about the resolution of karma.

"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven." Matthew.10,32-33

"For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels". Luke. 9,26

"He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward". Matt. 10,41

"And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more". Luke.12,47

Comment: This lesson is in accordance with the Law of Karma, which seems stricter to those who have deliberately committed sins.

A Bible quotation in which karma emerges indirectly

"After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: ... Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." Joh. 5,1-9

Comment: The man's paralysis is due to his sins. After his healing, a continuation of sinning would bring upon him even worse things. This is a clear example of the workings of the Law of Karma.