Matthew 7
7
Do Not Judge
1 “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. #
Mk 4:24–25; Lk 6:37–42 2For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.#Mk 4:24; Lk 6:38; Rm 2:1; 14:10; Jms 2:13 3Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye?#Lk 6:41; Jn 8:7–9 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye? 5Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye. 6Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs,#Pr 9:7–8; 23:9; Mt 15:26 or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, #
Lk 11:9–13
and it will be given to you.#Mt 18:22; Mk 11:24; Jn 14:13–14; 15:7; 16:24; Jms 1:5; 1Jn 3:22; 5:14 Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door#7:7 Lit and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds,#Pr 8:17; Is 55:6; Jr 29:12–13 and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you then, who are evil,#Gn 6:5; 8:21 know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him. 12Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.#Mt 22:40; Lk 6:31; Rm 13:8; Gl 5:14
Entering the Kingdom
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. #
Lk 13:23–24
For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction,#Mt 26:8; Mk 14:4; Jn 17:12; Ac 8:20; Rm 9:22; Php 1:28 and there are many who go through it. 14How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
15 “Be on your guard against false prophets #
Mt 24:11,24; Mk 13:22; Lk 6:26; Ac 13:6; 2Pt 2:1 who come to you in sheep’s#Mt 9:36; 10:6,16; 12:11–12; 15:24; 18:12–13 clothing#Mc 3:5; 2Tm 3:5 but inwardly are ravaging wolves.#Ezk 22:27; Jn 10:12; Ac 20:29 16You’ll recognize them by their fruit.#Pr 11:30; Mt 12:33; Lk 6:43–44; Jn 4:36; Jms 3:12 Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?#Mt 13:7; Heb 6:8 17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.#Jr 11:19; Mt 3:10; Lk 3:9; 13:7; Jn 15:2; Jd 12 20So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.#Mt 7:16; 12:33; Lk 6:44; Jms 3:12
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, #
Mt 3:2; 18:3; Mk 9:43 but only the one who does the will#Ps 143:10; Pr 16:9; Mt 12:50; Gl 1:4; Eph 1:9; 1Jn 2:17 of my Father in heaven.#Hs 8:2; Mt 25:11; Lk 6:46; Rm 2:13; Jms 1:22 22On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons#Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2 in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’ #Nm 24:4; Mt 10:15; Lk 13:25; Jn 11:51; 1Co 13:2 23Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’ #7:23 Lit you who work lawlessness#7:23 Ps 6:8#Ps 5:5; 6:8; Mt 25:12,41; Lk 13:25–27
The Two Foundations
24 “Therefore, #
Lk 6:47–49; Jms 1:22–25 everyone who hears these words#Mt 12:36; Mk 4:14; Lk 6:47; 8:21; Jn 1:1; 2:22 of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”
28When Jesus had finished saying these things,#Mt 11:1; 13:53; 19:1; 26:1 the crowds were astonished at his teaching,#Mt 13:54; 22:23; Mk 1:22; 6:2; 11:18; Lk 4:32; Jn 7:46 29because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
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Matthew 7
7
Be Careful About Judging Others
1“Don’t judge others, or you will be judged. 2You will be judged in the same way that you judge others, and the amount you give to others will be given to you.
3“Why do you notice the little piece of dust in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the big piece of wood in your own eye? 4How can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that little piece of dust out of your eye’? Look at yourself! You still have that big piece of wood in your own eye. 5You hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your friend’s eye.
6“Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls before pigs. Pigs will only trample on them, and dogs will turn to attack you.
Ask God for What You Need
7“Ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you. 8Yes, everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
9“If your children ask for bread, which of you would give them a stone? 10Or if your children ask for a fish, would you give them a snake? 11Even though you are bad, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him!
The Most Important Rule
12“Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.
The Way to Heaven Is Hard
13“Enter through the narrow gate. The gate is wide and the road is wide that leads to hell, and many people enter through that gate. 14But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to true life. Only a few people find that road.
People Know You by Your Actions
15“Be careful of false prophets. They come to you looking gentle like sheep, but they are really dangerous like wolves. 16You will know these people by what they do. Grapes don’t come from thornbushes, and figs don’t come from thorny weeds. 17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. 19Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20In the same way, you will know these false prophets by what they do.
21“Not all those who say ‘You are our Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people who will enter the kingdom of heaven are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22On the last day many people will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, we spoke for you, and through you we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23Then I will tell them clearly, ‘Get away from me, you who do evil. I never knew you.’
Two Kinds of People
24“Everyone who hears my words and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock. 26Everyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house, and it fell with a big crash.”
28When Jesus finished saying these things, the people were amazed at his teaching, 29because he did not teach like their teachers of the law. He taught like a person who had authority.
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