Matthew 7:1–14

Do Not Judge

7“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. ^a2For with the judgment you use, ^byou will be judged, and with the measure you use, ^cit will be measured to you. ^d3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye? ^e4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your eye? ⁵Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. ⁶Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, ^for they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Keep Asking, Searching, Knocking

⁷“Keep asking, ^ghand it will be given to you. ⁱKeep searching, ^jand you will find. Keep knocking, ^kand the door ^lwill be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, ^mand to the one who knocks, the door ⁿwill be opened. ⁹What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you then, who are evil, ^oknow how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! ¹²Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets. ^pq

Entering the Kingdom

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate. ^rFor the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, ^sand there are many who go through it. ¹⁴How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.