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1 “Don’t judge, so
that you won’t
be judged.
2 For with
whatever judgment
you judge, you
will be judged;
and with
whatever measure
you measure, it
will be measured
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?
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?
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.
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.
7 “Ask, and it
will be given
you. Seek, and
you will find.
Knock, and it
will be opened
for you.
8 For everyone
who asks receives.
He who seeks
finds. To him
who knocks it
will be opened.
9 Or who is
there among you
who, if his
son asks him
for bread, will
give him a
stone?
10 Or if he asks
for a fish,
who will 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!
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.
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.
14 How
narrow is the
gate and the
way is restricted
that leads to
life! There are
few who find
it.
15 “Beware of
false prophets,
who come to
you in sheep’s
clothing, but
inwardly are ravening
wolves.
16 By their fruits
you will know
them. Do you
gather grapes
from thorns or
figs from
thistles?
17 Even so, every
good tree
produces good
fruit, but the
corrupt tree
produces evil
fruit.
18 A good tree
can’t produce
evil fruit,
neither can a
corrupt tree
produce good
fruit.
19 Every tree
that doesn’t grow good
fruit is cut
down and thrown
into the fire.
20 Therefore by their
fruits you 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.
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?’
23 Then I will tell
them, ‘I never
knew you. Depart
from me, you
who work 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
the 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.
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.
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.”
28 When
Jesus had finished
saying these
things, the
multitudes were
astonished at his
teaching,
29 for
he taught them
with authority,
and not like
the scribes.