6:30a

Give to everyone who asks you: The phrase Give to everyone who asks you is a command to be generous and give to people who ask you for something. Being generous is a specific way to show love. Another way to translate this is:

⌊If/when⌋ someone asks you ⌊for something⌋, give ⌊it to him⌋.

If your language prefers direct speech, you could say something like:

If someone says to you, “Please give me that,” give it to him.

6:30b

if anyone takes what is yours: The Greek for the word takes is the same as in 6:29c. The person may have stolen this item, or he may have asked a judge (in court) to make you give it to him. Another way to translate this is:

when someone takes something that is yours (New Century Version)

6:30c

do not demand it back: The phrase do not demand it back means “do not ask him to give it back to you.” Some other ways to translate this are:

don’t insist on getting it back (God’s Word)
-or-
do not ask for your possessions back (NET Bible)

If your language prefers direct speech, you could say something like:

…do not say to him, “Give back my thing(s) to me!”

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