Matthew 7
1 “Do not judge and you will not be judged.
"Judge not, that you may not be judged;
2 For, just as you judge others, you will yourselves be judged, and the standard that you use will be used for you.
for your own judgement will be dealt--and your own measure meted--to yourselves.
3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your friend’s eye, while you pay no attention at all to the plank of wood in yours?
And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, and not notice the beam which is in your own eye?
4 How will you say to your friend ‘Let me take out the speck from your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own?
Or how say to your brother, 'Allow me to take the splinter out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye?
5 Hypocrite! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the speck from your friend’s.
Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.
6 “Do not give what is sacred to dogs; they will turn and maul you. Do not throw your pearls before pigs; they will trample them underfoot.
"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.
7 Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
8 For the person who asks receives, the person who searches finds, and to the door will be opened to the person who knocks.
For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, and he who knocks that has the door opened to him.
9 Who among you, when their child asks them for bread, will give them a stone,
What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him for bread will offer him a stone?
10 or when they ask for a fish, will give them a snake?
Or if the son shall ask him for a fish will offer him a snake?
11 If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!
If you then, imperfect as you are, 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!
12 “Do to others whatever you would wish them to do to you; for that is the teaching of both the Law and the prophets.
Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.
13 Go in by the small gate. The road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and many go in by it.
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;
14 For the gate is small, and the road narrow, that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads to Life, and few are those who find it.
15 “Beware of false teachers – people who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.
"Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.
16 By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?
17 So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit.
Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit.
18 A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.
19 Every tree that fails to bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning.
20 So it is by the fruit of their lives that you will know such people.
So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.
21 Not everyone who says to me ‘Master! Master!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
"Not every one who says to me, 'Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.
22 On that day many will say to me ‘Master, Master, was not it in your name that we taught, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many miracles?’
Many will say to me on that day, "'Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?'
23 And then I will say to them plainly ‘I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.’
"And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'
24 “Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts on it may be compared to a prudent person, who built their house on the rock.
"Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;
25 The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, for its foundations were on the rock.
and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.
26 Everyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act on it may be compared to a foolish person, who built their house on the sand.
And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.
27 The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall."
28 By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.
When Jesus had concluded this discourse, the crowds were filled with amazement at His teaching,
29 For he taught them like one who had authority, and not like their teachers of the Law.
for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their Scribes taught.
