Matthew 7
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
JUDGE not, that ye be not 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 with the same judgment ye judge others, shall ye be judged: and with the measure ye mete, shall it be measured to you again.
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 spiest thou out the mote which is in thy brother’s eye, yet payest no attention to the beam which is in thine own 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 wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer me to take the mote off from thine eye: and behold there is a beam in thine own 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.
Thou hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to take off the mote from thy 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.
Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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 ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask 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 things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for 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.
Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and spacious the road, which leadeth to perdition, and they are many who enter that way:
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
because strait is the gate, and narrow the road, which leadeth to life, and they are but a few who find it.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Take heed then of false prophets, who come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
So every good tree beareth good fruits; but every bad tree in kind, produceth bad fruits.
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, neither can a tree bad in kind produce good fruits.
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Every tree that beareth not good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Well then! by their fruits ye shall know 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 every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is 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?’
Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have we not cast out devils? and in thy name done many miracles?
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
And then will I profess unto them, that I never knew you: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.
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.
Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon 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 descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell not; for it was founded on a 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 every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the 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 descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the fall of it was great.
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
And it was so, that when Jesus had concluded all these sayings, the multitudes were exceedingly struck with his teaching:
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
