Matthew 7:1–14

Judging Others

7:3–5pp—Lk 6:41,42

7“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.^{o 2}For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.^p

³“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

⁶“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Ask, Seek, Knock

7:7–11pp—Lk 11:9–13

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you;^q seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;^r and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts^s to those who ask him! ¹²So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,^t for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.^u

The Narrow and Wide Gates

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate.^v For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.