Matthew 7:1“Don’tjudge,sothatyouwon’tbejudged.2Forwithwhateverjudgmentyoujudge,youwillbejudged;andwithwhatevermeasureyoumeasure,itwillbemeasuredtoyou.3Whydoyouseethespeckthatisinyourbrother’seye,butdon’tconsiderthebeamthatisinyourowneye?4Orhowwillyoutellyourbrother,‘Letmeremovethespeckfromyoureye,’andbehold,thebeamisinyourowneye?5Youhypocrite!Firstremovethebeamoutofyourowneye,andthenyoucanseeclearlytoremovethespeckoutofyourbrother’seye.
Matthew 7:6“Don’tgivethatwhichisholytothedogs,neitherthrowyourpearlsbeforethepigs,lestperhapstheytramplethemundertheirfeet,andturnandtearyoutopieces.
Matthew 7:7“Ask,anditwillbegivenyou.Seek,andyouwillfind.Knock,anditwillbeopenedforyou.8Foreveryonewhoasksreceives.Hewhoseeksfinds.Tohimwhoknocksitwillbeopened.9Orwhoisthereamongyouwho,ifhissonaskshimforbread,willgivehimastone?10Orifheasksforafish,whowillgivehimaserpent?11Ifyouthen,beingevil,knowhowtogivegoodgiftstoyourchildren,howmuchmorewillyourFatherwhoisinheavengivegoodthingstothosewhoaskhim!12Therefore,whateveryoudesireformentodotoyou,youshallalsodotothem;forthisistheTorahandtheProphets.
Matthew 7:13“Enterinbythenarrowgate;forthegateiswideandthewayisbroadthatleadstodestruction,andtherearemanywhoenterinbyit.14How{TR reads “Because” instead of “How”}narrowisthegateandthewayisrestrictedthatleadstolife!Therearefewwhofindit.
Matthew 7:15“Bewareoffalseprophets,whocometoyouinsheep’sclothing,butinwardlyareraveningwolves.16Bytheirfruitsyouwillknowthem.Doyougathergrapesfromthornsorfigsfromthistles?17Evenso,everygoodtreeproducesgoodfruit,butthecorrupttreeproducesevilfruit.18Agoodtreecan’tproduceevilfruit,neithercanacorrupttreeproducegoodfruit.19Everytreethatdoesn’tgrowgoodfruitiscutdownandthrownintothefire.20Thereforebytheirfruitsyouwillknowthem.
Matthew 7:21“Noteveryonewhosaystome,‘Lord,Lord,’willenterintotheKingdomofHeaven,buthewhodoesthewillofmyFatherwhoisinheaven.22Manywilltellmeinthatday,‘Lord,Lord,didn’tweprophesyinyourname,inyournamecastoutdemons,andinyournamedomanymightyworks?’23ThenIwilltellthem,‘Ineverknewyou.Departfromme,youwhoworkiniquity.’
Matthew 7:24“Everyonethereforewhohearsthesewordsofmineanddoesthem,Iwilllikenhimtoawisemanwhobuilthishouseonarock.25Theraincamedown,thefloodscame,andthewindsblewandbeatonthathouse;anditdidn’tfall,foritwasfoundedontherock.26Everyonewhohearsthesewordsofmineanddoesn’tdothemwillbelikeafoolishmanwhobuilthishouseonthesand.27Theraincamedown,thefloodscame,andthewindsblewandbeatonthathouse;anditfell—anditsfallwasgreat.”
Matthew 7:28 When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.