1 “Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
2 For by what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and by what measure you measure out, it will be measured out to you.
3 And why do you see the speck
4 Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Allow
5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and turn around
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or what man is
10 Or also
11 Therefore if you,
12 Therefore
13 “Enter through the narrow gate, because broad
14 How narrow
15 “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.
16 You will recognize them by their fruits: they do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles,
17 In the
18 A good tree is not able to produce bad fruit, nor a bad tree to produce good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 As a result, you will recognize them by their fruits.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’
23 And then
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not collapse, because its foundation was laid on the rock.
26 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.
27 And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and its fall was great.”
28 And it happened when Jesus finished these words the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
29 because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.