Matthew 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 7:1

Do Not Judge

1 “Judge¹ ^anot, that you be not judged.

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.

8 For ^aeveryone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 7:1

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American Standard Version
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Amplified® Bible
DO NOT judge {and} criticize {and} condemn others, so that you may not be judged {and} criticized {and} condemned yourselves.

Contemporary English Version
Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.

Darby English Version
Judge not, that ye may not be judged;

Good News Bible
"Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you,

International Standard Version
"Stop judging, so that you won't be judged.

King James Version
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

New American Standard Bible
"Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

New International Version
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

New King James Version
"Judge not, that you be not judged.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Do not judge so that you will not receive judgment.

Revised Standard Version
"Judge not, that you be not judged.

Young's Literal Translation
`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

New English Translation
“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.¹

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