ABP - Matthew - 7

7:1  Judge not that you should not be judged!

7:2  [2by 3what 1For] judgment you judge, you shall be judged; and by what measure you measure, it shall be measured back to you.

7:3  But why do you see the speck, the one in the eye of your brother, but the [2in 3your 4eye 1beam] you do not contemplate?

7:4  Or how shall you say to your brother, Allow me to cast out the speck from your eye; and behold, the beam is in your eye?

7:5  Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye! and then you shall see clearly to cast out the speck from the eye of your brother.

7:6  You should not give the holy to the dogs; nor should you throw your pearls before the swine, lest at any time they shall trample them with their feet, and having turned should tear you.

7:7  Ask! and it shall be given to you. Seek! and you shall find. Knock! and it shall be opened to you.

7:8  For every one asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking it shall be opened.

7:9  Or who is it of you, being a man, whom ever [2should ask 1his son] for bread, [3a stone 1shall give 2to him]?

7:10  And if [2a fish 1he shall ask for], [3a serpent 1shall give 2to him]?

7:11  If then, you being wicked, know [3gifts 2good 1to give] to your children, how much rather your father, the one in the heavens shall give good things to the ones asking him?

7:12  All things then, as much as you should want that [2should do 3to you 1men], so also you do to them! for this is the law and the prophets.

7:13  Enter through the narrow gate! for spacious is the gate, and broad is the way leading unto the destruction, and many are the ones entering through it.

7:14  For narrow is the gate, and being afflicted is the way, the one leading unto the life, and few are the ones finding it.

7:15  And take heed of the false prophets! the ones who come to you in garments of sheep, but inside they are [2wolves 1predacious].

7:16  From their fruits you shall recognize them. Do they collect together [2from 3thorn-bushes 1the grape], or [2from 3thistles 1figs]?

7:17  Thus every [2tree 1good 5fruits 4good 3produces], but the rotten tree [3fruits 2bad 1produces].

7:18  [3is not 4able 2tree 1A good 7fruits 6bad 5to produce], nor [2tree 1a rotten 5fruits 4good 3to produce].

7:19  All trees not producing [2fruit 1good] are cut down, and [2into 3a fire 1thrown].

7:20  Yes, it is so -- from their fruits you shall recognize them.

7:21  Not all saying to me, O Lord, O Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but the one doing the will of my father, the one in the heavens.

7:22  Many shall say to me in that day, O Lord, O Lord, [2not 4in 5your 6name 1did we 3prophesy], and in your name [2demons 1cast out], and in your name [3powerful works 2many 1do]?

7:23  And then I will acknowledge to them that, At no time I knew you. Retreat from me! O ones working lawlessness.

7:24  Every one then whoever hears [2my 3words 1these], and does them, I shall liken him [2man 1to a practical], one who built his house upon the rock.

7:25  And [3came down 1the 2rain], and [3came 1the 2rivers], and [3blew 1the 2winds], and they fell on that house, and it did not fall; for the foundation was laid upon the rock.

7:26  And all hearing [2my 3words 1these], and not doing them, shall be likened [2man 1to a moronish], one who built his house upon the sand.

7:27  And [3came down 1the 2rain], and [3came 1the 2rivers], and [3blew 1the 2winds], and they struck against that house, and it fell, and [3was 2downfall 1its] great.

7:28  And it came to pass when Jesus completed these words, [3were overwhelmed 1the 2multitudes] by his teaching;

7:29  for he was teaching them as [2authority 1one having], and not as the scribes.