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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GWT</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</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">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>"Stop judging so that you will not be judged. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So why do you see the piece of sawdust in another believer's eye and not notice the wooden beam in your own eye? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>How can you say to another believer, 'Let me take the piece of sawdust out of your eye,' when you have a beam in your own eye? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye. Then you will see clearly to remove the piece of sawdust from another believer's eye.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>"Don't give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls to pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them and then tear you to pieces.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>"Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>"If your child asks you for bread, would any of you give him a stone? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Or if your child asks for a fish, would you give him a snake? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even though you're evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. So how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"Always do for other people everything you want them to do for you. That is [the meaning of] Moses' Teachings and the Prophets.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>"Enter through the narrow gate because the gate and road that lead to destruction are wide. Many enter through the wide gate. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the narrow gate and the road that lead to life are full of trouble. Only a few people find the narrow gate.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>"Beware of false prophets. They come to you disguised as sheep, but in their hearts they are vicious wolves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You will know them by what they produce. "People don't pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In the same way every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into a fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So you will know them by what they produce.</p> <p class="reg"><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 the person who does what my Father in heaven wants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we force out demons and do many miracles by the power and authority of your name?' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then I will tell them publicly, 'I've never known you. Get away from me, you evil people.'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>"Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not collapse, because its foundation was on rock. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>"Everyone who hears what I say but doesn't obey it will be like a foolish person who built a house on sand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and struck that house. It collapsed, and the result was a total disaster."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When Jesus finished this speech, the crowds were amazed at his teachings. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Unlike their scribes, he taught them with authority.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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