Matthew 7
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
3 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?
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
5 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.
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
6 “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.
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 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!
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
12 Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
21 “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.
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
22 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?’
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
24 “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.
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
25 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.
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
26 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.
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
