Matthew 7

JJudge not, that you may not be judged,

2For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?

4Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?

5Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

7Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

8For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

9Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?

10Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

11If 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 them that ask him?

12All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

13Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

14How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.

19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

20Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

22Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?

23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

24Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

26And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,

27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

28And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

29For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.