1 “ Judge not, that you be not judged.

“Do not say what is wrong in other people’s lives. Then other people will not say what is wrong in your life.

2 F or with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

You will be guilty of the same things you find in others. When you say what is wrong in others, your words will be used to say what is wrong in you.

3 A nd why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

Why do you look at the small piece of wood in your brother’s eye, and do not see the big piece of wood in your own eye?

4 O r how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?

How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take that small piece of wood out of your eye,’ when there is a big piece of wood in your own eye?

5 H ypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

You who pretend to be someone you are not, first take the big piece of wood out of your own eye. Then you can see better to take the small piece of wood out of your brother’s eye.

6 “ 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. Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

“Do not give that which belongs to God to dogs. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs. They will break them under their feet. Then they will turn and tear you to pieces. Jesus Teaches about Prayer

7 “ Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

“Ask, and what you are asking for will be given to you. Look, and what you are looking for you will find. Knock, and the door you are knocking on will be opened to you.

8 F or everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Everyone who asks receives what he asks for. Everyone who looks finds what he is looking for. Everyone who knocks has the door opened to him.

9 O r what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

What man among you would give his son a stone if he should ask for bread?

10 O r if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Or if he asks for a fish, would he give him a snake?

11 I f you then, being 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!

You are bad and you know how to give good things to your children. How much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him? Jesus Teaches about Others

12 T herefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. The Narrow Way

“Do for other people whatever you would like to have them do for you. This is what the Jewish Law and the early preachers said. Jesus Teaches about Two Roads

13 “ 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.

“Go in through the narrow door. The door is wide and the road is easy that leads to hell. Many people are going through that door.

14 B ecause narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

But the door is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life that lasts forever. Few people are finding it. Jesus Teaches about False Teachers

15 “ Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

“Watch out for false teachers. They come to you dressed as if they were sheep. On the inside they are hungry wolves.

16 Y ou will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

You will know them by their fruit. Do men pick grapes from thorns? Do men pick figs from thistles?

17 E ven so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

It is true, every good tree has good fruit. Every bad tree has bad fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

A good tree cannot have bad fruit. A bad tree cannot have good fruit.

19 E very tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Every tree that does not have good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20 T herefore by their fruits you will know them. I Never Knew You

So you will know them by their fruit.

21 “ Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will go into the holy nation of heaven. The one who does the things My Father in heaven wants him to do will go into the holy nation of heaven.

22 M any will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

Many people will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not preach in Your Name? Did we not put out demons in Your Name? Did we not do many powerful works in Your Name?’

23 A nd then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Build on the Rock

Then I will say to them in plain words, ‘I never knew you. Go away from Me, you who do wrong!’ Jesus Teaches about Houses Built on Rock or Sand

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

“Whoever hears these words of Mine and does them, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

25 a nd 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.

The rain came down. The water came up. The wind blew and hit the house. The house did not fall because it was built on 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:

Whoever hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

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

The rain came down. The water came up. The wind blew and hit the house. The house fell and broke apart.”

28 A nd so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,

Then Jesus finished talking. The people were surprised and wondered about His teaching.

29 f or He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

He was teaching them as One Who has the right and the power to teach. He did not teach as the teachers of the Law.