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

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

2 Y ou 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.

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

3 W hy 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?

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

4 H ow 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?

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

5 Y ou 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.

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

6 “ 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

“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

7 “ 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.

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

8 E veryone 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.

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

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

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

10 O r if he asks for a fish, would he give him a snake?

Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 Y ou 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

If 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!

12 “ 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

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

13 “ 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.

“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.

14 B ut 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

Because 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

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

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

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

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

17 I t is true, every good tree has good fruit. Every bad tree has bad fruit.

Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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

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

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

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

20 S o you will know them by their fruit.

Therefore by their fruits you will know them. I Never Knew You

21 N ot 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.

“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.

22 M any 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?’

Many 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?’

23 T hen 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

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

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

“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:

25 T he 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.

and 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.

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

“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:

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

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

28 T hen Jesus finished talking. The people were surprised and wondered about His teaching.

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

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

for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.