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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 7</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//matthew/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/matthew/">Matthew</a> > Matthew 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/6.htm" title="Matthew 6">◄</a> Matthew 7 <a href="../matthew/8.htm" title="Matthew 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/matthew/7.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/7.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/7.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/7.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/matthew/7.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/7.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/matthew/7.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Judging Others<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/6.htm#37">Luke 6:37–42</a>; <a href ="../romans/14.htm">Romans 14:1–12</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Do not judge, or you will be judged. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. <A name="4"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. <A name="7"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Ask, Seek, Knock<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/11.htm#5">Luke 11:5–13</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <A name="10"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So if you 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! <A name="13"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Narrow Gate<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/13.htm#22">Luke 13:22–30</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">A Tree and Its Fruit<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/6.htm#43">Luke 6:43–45</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So then, by their fruit you will recognize them. <A name="22"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ <A name="24"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">The House on the Rock<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/6.htm#46">Luke 6:46–49</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. <A name="27"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” <A name="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Authority of Jesus<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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