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7 : 1 Judge not, that you be not judged.
7 : 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, andwith the measure you use it will be measured to you.
7 : 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, butdo not notice the log that is in your own eye?
7 : 4 Or how can you say to your brother,Let me take the speck out of your eye,when there is the log in your own eye?
7 : 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
7 : 6 Do not givedogs what is holy, and do not throw yourpearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
7 : 7 Ask,and it will be given to you;seek, and you will find;knock, and it will be opened to you.
7 : 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
7 : 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him forbread, will give hima stone?
7 : 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
7 : 11 If you then,who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more willyour Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
7 : 12 Sowhatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this isthe Law and the Prophets.
7 : 13 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easythat leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
7 : 14 For the gate is narrow andthe way is hard that leads to life, andthose who find it are few.
7 : 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly areravenous wolves.
7 : 16 You will recognize themby their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
7 : 17 So,every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
7 : 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
7 : 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
7 : 20 Thus you will recognize themby their fruits.
7 : 21 Not everyone whosays to me,Lord, Lord,willenter the kingdom of heaven, but the one whodoes the will of my Father who is in heaven.
7 : 22 On that daymany will say to me,Lord, Lord, did we notprophesy in your name, and cast out demonsin your name, and do many mighty works in your name?
7 : 23 And then will I declare to them,Inever knew you;depart from me,you workers of lawlessness.
7 : 24 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be likea wise man who built his house on the rock.
7 : 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
7 : 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be likea foolish man who built his house on the sand.
7 : 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
7 : 28 And when Jesus finished these sayings,the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
7 : 29 for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.