[English Bible] Matthew chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

Mt. 7:1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

Mt. 7:2 For in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged,

and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Mt. 7:3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s

eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

Mt. 7:4 How can you say to your brother, `Let me take the speck out

of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own

eye?

Mt. 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and

then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your

brother’s eye.

Mt. 7:6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls

to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet,

and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Mt. 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

Mt. 7:8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to

him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Mt. 7:9 “Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a

stone?

Mt. 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Mt. 7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good

gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in

heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Mt. 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do

to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Mt. 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and

broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter

through it.

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Mt. 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life,

and only a few find it.

Mt. 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s

clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Mt. 7:16 By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes

from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Mt. 7:17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree

bears bad fruit.

Mt. 7:18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear

good fruit.

Mt. 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and

thrown into the fire.

Mt. 7:20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognise them.

Mt. 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ will enter the

kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my

Father who is in heaven.

Mt. 7:22 Many 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?’

Mt. 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, `I never knew you. Away from

me, you evildoers!’

Mt. 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts

them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on

the rock.

Mt. 7:25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew

and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had

its foundation on the rock.

Mt. 7:26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not

put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his

house on sand.

Mt. 7:27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew

and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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Mt. 7:28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were

amazed at his teaching,

Mt. 7:29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their

teachers of the law.