| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"Do not judge so that you will not be judged. | 1"Do not judge, so that you won't be judged. |
| 2For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. | 2For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. |
| 3Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? | 3Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye but don't notice the log in your own eye? |
| 4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own? | 4Or how can you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and look, there's a log in your eye? |
| 5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. | 5Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. |
| 6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. | 6Don't give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces. |
| 7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. | 7"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. |
| 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. | 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. |
| 9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? | 9What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? |
| 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? | 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? |
| 11If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! | 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! |
| 12In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. | 12Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them--this is the Law and the Prophets. |
| 13"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. | 13"Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. |
| 14But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it. | 14How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it. |
| 15"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. | 15"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. |
| 16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? | 16You'll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? |
| 17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. | 17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. |
| 18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit. | 18A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. |
| 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. | 19Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| 20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit. | 20So you'll recognize them by their fruit. |
| 21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven--only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. | 21"Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord!' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. |
| 22On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?' | 22On that day many will say to Me, Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?' |
| 23Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!' | 23Then I will announce to them, I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!' |
| 24"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. | 24"Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. |
| 25The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock. | 25The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn't collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. |
| 26Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. | 26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn't act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. |
| 27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!" | 27The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!" |
| 28When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching, | 28When Jesus had finished this sermon, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, |
| 29because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law. | 29because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes. |
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