Keraia
Gospels

Matthew 7

Judging Others

1“Do not judge, or you will be judged.

1“ Do not judge, that you may not be judged.

2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

2For in what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and in what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

3And why do you look at the splinter that is in the eye of your brother, but not notice the beam in your own eye?

4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

4Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Permit that I might cast out the splinter from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your eye?

5You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

5Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter from the eye of your brother.

6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the pigs, lest they will trample them among their feet and, having turned, tear you to pieces.

Ask, Seek, Knock

7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

8For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened.

9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

9Or which man is of you who, if his son will ask for bread, will give to him a stone,

10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

10or also, if he will ask for a fish, will give to him a serpent?

11So if you who are evil 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!

11Therefore if you, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking Him!

12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

12All things, therefore, as many as you may want that men may do to you, so also you do to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

The Narrow Gate

13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

13Enter through the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad the way that is leading to destruction, and many are those entering through it.

14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

14For narrow is the gate and compressed the way that is leading to life, and few are those finding it.

A Tree and Its Fruit

15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

15Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

16From their fruits you will recognize them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

17Thus every good tree produces good fruits, but the rotten tree produces evil fruits.

18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

18A good tree is not able to produce evil fruits, nor a rotten tree to produce good fruits.

19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

19Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into fire.

20So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

20Therefore from their fruits you will recognize them.

21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

21Not everyone who is saying to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of My Father who is in the heavens.

22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

22Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’

23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

23And then I will profess to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you working lawlessness!’

The House on the Rock

24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them will be likened to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

25And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

26And everyone who is hearing these words of Mine and not doing them will be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

27And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell—and its fall was great!”

The Authority of Jesus

28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

28And it came to pass when Jesus finished these words that the crowds were astonished at His teaching.

29because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

29For He was teaching them as One having authority, and not as their scribes.