Do Not Judge
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; aand with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
3 aAnd why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6 a“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking
7 a“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
9 aOr what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If you then, abeing 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, awhatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for bthis is the Law and the Prophets.
The Narrow Way
13 a“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
14 Because narrow is the gate and2 difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
You Will Know Them by Their Fruits
15 a“Beware of false prophets, bwho come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
16 aYou will know them by their fruits. bDo men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
19 aEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, a‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who bdoes the will of My Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we anot prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
23 And athen I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; bdepart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Build on the Rock
24 “Therefore awhoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that athe people were astonished at His teaching,
29 afor He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Matthew 7:2.
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