Matthew 7:1-14 ▼

1 “Do not judge, that you may not be judged,

2 for in what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and in what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

3 And why do you behold the speck that [is] in your brother’s eye, and do not consider the beam that [is] in your own eye?

4 Or, how will you say to your brother, Permit [that] I may cast out the speck from your eye, and behold, the beam [is] in your own eye?

5 Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck out of your brother’s eye.

6 You may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the pigs, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned—may tear you apart.

7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you;

8 for everyone who is asking receives, and he who is seeking finds, and to him who is knocking it will be opened.

9 Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask [for] a loaf—a stone will he present to him?

10 And if he may ask [for] a fish—a serpent will he present to him?

11 If, therefore, you being evil, have known to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking Him?

12 All things, therefore, whatever you may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

13 Go in through the narrow gate, because wide [is] the gate and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

14 how narrow [is] the gate and compressed the way that is leading to life, and few are those finding it!