Matthew 7:1-11 ▼

1 |Stop judging, so that you won't be judged,

2 because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.

3 |Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when the beam is in your own eye?

5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye.|

6 |Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack 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 for you.

8 Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

9 |There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he?

11 So if you 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 keep on asking him!