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Chapter 7
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Judge not, that ye be not judged. |
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For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall
be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured
to you again. |
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And why beholdest thou the mote that is
in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in
thine own eye? |
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Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let
me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is
in thine own eye? |
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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. |
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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. |
7
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: |
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For every one that asketh receiveth; and
he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened. |
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Or what man is there of you, whom if his
son ask bread, will he give him a stone? |
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Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
serpent? |
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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? |
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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. |
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Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide
is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat: |
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Because strait is the gate, and narrow
is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find
it. |
15
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Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. |
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Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? |
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Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. |
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. |
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Every tree that bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. |
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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them. |
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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. |
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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? |
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And then will I profess unto them, I never
knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
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And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the
people were astonished at his doctrine: |
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For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. |