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 what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured back again 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 dost thou look at the splinter in thy brother's eye, but takest no notice of the beam 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, Let me take the chaff out of 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, first get the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see how to take the splinter out of 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 unto dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; least they trample them under their feet, and turn and 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?
Is there any man among you, who, if his son ask him for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
or if he ask for 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, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to them that 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 have men do to you, do ye also in like manner unto them: for this is the doctrine of 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 ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat:
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
whereas the gate is narrow, and the way troublesome, which leadeth into life, and few there be that find it.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
And beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
Ye will know them by their fruits: do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
so every good tree yieldeth good fruit, but a corrupt tree produces bad fruit:
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
a good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit:
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
and every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
So then by their fruits ye will 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 that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth 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 to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name have wrought many miracles? and I will then declare unto them,
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
I never owned 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.
Whoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and performeth them, I will compare him to a prudent man, who built 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 fell upon it, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not; for it was founded upon 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 whoever heareth these words of mine, and performeth them not, shall be likened to a 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 fell upon it, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
And when Jesus had ended these discourses, the people were amazed at his doctrine:
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.
