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Chapter 7 |
| 1 | Judge not,
that ye be not judged. |
| 2 | For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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| 3 | And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? |
| 4 | Or how wilt
thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,
behold, a beam is in thine own eye? |
| 5 | Thou hypocrite, first cast out
the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the
mote out of thy brother's eye. |
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6 | Give not that which is holy unto the
dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under
their feet, and turn again and rend you. |
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7 | Ask, and it shall be given
you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
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| 8 | For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knocketh it shall be opened. |
| 9 | Or what man is there of you,
whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? |
| 10 | Or if he ask
a fish, will he give him a serpent? |
| 11 | If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father
which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? |
| 12 |
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even
so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. |
| 13 | Enter ye in
at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: |
| 14 | Because
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find it. |
| 15 | Beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. |
| 16 | Ye shall
know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles? |
| 17
| Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. |
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18 | A good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. |
| 19 |
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire. |
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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. |
| 21 | Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. |
| 22 |
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful
works? |
| 23
| And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. |
| 24 | Therefore whosoever heareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which
built his house upon a rock: |
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25 | And the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was
founded upon a rock. |
| 26 | And every one that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his
house upon the sand: |
| 27 | And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the
fall of it. |
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28 | And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these
sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: |
| 29 | For he
taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. |
