Matthew 7
1 Judge not, that you be not judged.
Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
3 And why behold you the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye?
But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?
4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?
5 You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother’s eye.
Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.
6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:
Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
If therefore ye, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?
12 Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and few there be that find it.
For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
16 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
19 Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
20 Why by their fruits you shall know them.
By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works?
Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through thy name, and through thy name cast out demons, and through thy name done many works of power?
23 And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, which built his house on a rock:
Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell not: for it was founded on a rock.
and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
26 And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house on the sand:
And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his doctrine,
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.
