Matthew 7
Judging Others
"Don't judge, so that you
won't be judged. For with
whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure
you measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is
in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own
eye? Or how will you tell
your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the
beam is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the
beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck
out of your brother's eye.
"Don't give that which is
holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps
they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Ask, Seek, Knock
"Ask, and it will be given
you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
For everyone who asks
receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Or who is there among you, who, if
his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, who
will give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is
in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Therefore whatever you desire for
men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the
prophets.
The Narrow and Wide Gates
"Enter in by the narrow
gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and many are those who enter in by it. How narrow is
the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who
find it.
A Tree and Its Fruit
"Beware of false prophets,
who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
By their fruits you will
know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Even so, every good tree
produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. A good tree can't produce evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. Every tree that doesn't grow good
fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruits you
will know them. Not
everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will tell me in that day,
'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out
demons, and in your name do many mighty works?' Then I will tell them, 'I never
knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
The Wise and Foolish Builders
"Everyone therefore who
hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man,
who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for
it was founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of
mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house
on the sand. The rain
came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house;
and it fell--and great was its fall."
It happened, when
Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were
astonished at his teaching, for he taught them with
authority, and not like the scribes.
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