Matthew 7

^aJudge not, ^bthat ye be not judged. ²For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and ^cwith what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. ³And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴Or 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? ⁵Thou hypocrite, ^dfirst 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.

^6eGive not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, ^eand turn again and rent you.

^7fAsk, ^gand it shall be given you; ^hseek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that ^hseeketh findeth: and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. ⁹Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall ⁱyour Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? ¹²Therefore all things ^kwhatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: ^lfor this is the law and the prophets.

^13mEnter 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: ¹⁴because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

¹⁵ⁿBeware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ^oravening wolves. ^16pYe shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ¹⁷Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ^19qEvery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰Wherefore ^pby their fruits ye shall know them.

^21rNot every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of ⁱmy Father which is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not ^sprophesied in thy name? and in thy name ^thave cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? ²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: ^udepart from me, ye that work iniquity.

²⁴Therefore ^wwhosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto ^xa wise man, which built his house upon a rock: ²⁵and 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. ²⁶And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a ^yfoolish man, ^zwhich built his house upon the sand: ²⁷and 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. ²⁸And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, ^athe people were astonished at his doctrine: ^29bFor he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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