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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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">NLT</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/matthew/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Do Not Judge Others</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">For you will be treated as you treat others.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> when you have a log in your own?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">How can you think of saying to your friend,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.</span></p><p class="hdg">Effective Prayer</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.</span></p><p class="hdg">The Golden Rule</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.</span></p><p class="hdg">The Narrow Gate</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.</span></p><p class="hdg">The Tree and Its Fruit</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.</span></p><p class="hdg">True Disciples</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’</span></p><p class="hdg">Building on a Solid Foundation</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:2a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">For God will judge you as you judge others.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:2b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">The measure you give will be the measure you get back.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">your brother’s eye;</span><span class="ft"> also in 7:5.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">your brother.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Don’t give the sacred to dogs.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:13 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">The road that leads to destruction.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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