Matthew 7:1–14

Judging Others

⁷“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.^{* 2}For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. ³Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? ⁴Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.

Profaning the Holy

⁶“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.^*

Ask, Search, Knock

⁷“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.^{* 8}For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.^{* 9}Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for bread, would give a stone? ¹⁰Or if the child asked for a fish, would give a snake? ¹¹If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Golden Rule

¹²“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.^*

The Narrow Gate

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy^h that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.^{* 14}For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.