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and, behold, a beam <i>is</i> in thine own eye?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If you then, who are 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!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide <i>is</i> the gate, and broad <i>is</i> the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Because strait <i>is</i> the gate, and narrow <i>is</i> the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither <i>can</i> a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For he taught them as <i>one</i> having authority, and not as the scribes.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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