“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. ²For you will be treated as you treat others.^* The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

³“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye^* when you have a log in your own? ⁴How can you think of saying to your friend,^* ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? ⁵Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

⁶“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy.^* Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.

Effective Prayer

⁷“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? ¹⁰Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! ¹¹So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

The Golden Rule

¹²“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

The Narrow Gate

¹³“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell^* is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. ¹⁴But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

Read in Logos

Matthew 7:12: So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Footnotes

*7:2a Or For God will judge you as you judge others.
*7:3 Greek your brother’s eye; also in 7:5.
*7:4 Greek your brother.
*7:6 Greek Don’t give the sacred to dogs.
*7:13 Greek The road that leads to destruction.