Matthew 7

Judging

Luke 6:37–42

7“Judge ^{1 a}not, that you be not judged. ²For with what ²judgment you judge, you will be judged; ^band with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. ^3cAnd why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? ⁵Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

^6d“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.

“Ask, and It Will Be Given”

Luke 11:9–13

^7e“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸For ^feveryone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ^9gOr what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹If you then, ^hbeing 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!

Golden Rule

Luke 6:31

¹²Therefore, ⁱwhatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for ^jthis is the Law and the Prophets.

Two Ways of Life

^13k“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. ¹⁴³Because narrow is the gate and ⁴difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

False and True Teaching

Luke 6:43–45

^15l“Beware of false prophets, ^mwho come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ⁿYou will know them by their fruits. ^oDo men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷Even so, ^pevery good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ^19qEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

True Way into the Kingdom

Luke 6:46

²¹“Not everyone who says to Me, ^r‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who ^sdoes the will of My Father in heaven. ²²Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we ^tnot prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ ²³And ^uthen I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ^vdepart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Parable of the Two Builders

Luke 6:47–49

²⁴“Therefore ^wwhoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: ²⁵and 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.

²⁶“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: ²⁷and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

Response to the Sermon

²⁸And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that ^xthe people were astonished at His teaching, ^29yfor He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.