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Do Not Judge

“Judge[a] not, that you be not judged.

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Judging Others

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

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For with what [b]judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

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

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And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

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Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

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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?

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Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?

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Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

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“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.

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“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

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

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Ask, and It Will Be Given

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

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

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For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

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Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

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

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

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If 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 those who ask Him!

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If you then, who are 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!

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Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

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The Golden Rule

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

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The Narrow Way

“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.

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“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easya that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

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[c]Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

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You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

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

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A Tree and Its Fruit

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

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You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

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You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

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Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.

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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

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A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

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

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

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Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

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Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

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I Never Knew You

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

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I Never Knew You

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

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On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

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And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

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And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

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Build on the Rock

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

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Build Your House on the Rock

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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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.

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And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

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“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:

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And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

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and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

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And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

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And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,

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The Authority of Jesus

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

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for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Parallel

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Matthew 7

Matthew 7