{"book":"Matthew","slug":"matthew","ch":7,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Gospel according to Matthew","prev":"matthew/6","next":"matthew/8","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] [Do] not judge, or you will be judged.","f":[],"h":"Judging Others","style":"red"},{"v":2,"t":"For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you [use], it will be measured to you.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice [the] beam in your [own] eye?","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":4,"t":"How can you say to your brother,‘ Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while [there is still] a beam in your [own] eye?","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"{Do} not give dogs what is holy; {do} not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn [and] tear you to pieces.","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":7,"t":"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and [the door] will be opened to you.","f":[],"h":"Ask, Seek, Knock","style":"red"},{"v":8,"t":"For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, [the door] will be opened.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":10,"t":"Or [if] he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more {will} your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is [the essence of] the Law and the Prophets.","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":13,"t":"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide [is] the gate and broad [is] the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.","f":[],"h":"The Narrow Gate","style":"red"},{"v":14,"t":"But small [is] the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Beware of false prophets. [They] come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.","f":[],"h":"A Tree and Its Fruit","style":"red"},{"v":16,"t":"By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"[A] good tree cannot bear bad fruit, [and a] bad tree cannot bear good fruit.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into [the] fire.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Not everyone who says to Me,‘ Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":22,"t":"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?’","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"Then I will tell them plainly,‘ I never knew you; depart from Me, [you] workers of lawlessness!’","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":24,"t":"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like [a] wise man who built his house on the rock.","f":[],"h":"The House on the Rock","style":"red"},{"v":25,"t":"The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":27,"t":"The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell — and great was its collapse!”","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,","f":[],"h":"The Authority of Jesus","style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"because He taught as [one] who had authority, and not as their scribes.","f":[]}]}