LO - Matthew - 7

7:1  Judge not, that you be not judged;

7:2  for as you judge, you shall be judged; and the measure which you give, the same you shall receive.

7:3  And why do you observe the mote in your brother's eye, but you are insensible of the splinter in your own eye?

7:4  Or how dare you say to your brother, let me take the mote out of your eye; when lo! you have a splinter in your own?

7:5  Hypocrite, first take the splinter out of your own eye; then you will see clearly to take the mote out of your brother's eye.

7:6  Give not things holy to dogs, and cast not your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot, and turn upon you, and tear you apart.

7:7  Ask, and you shall obtain; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

7:8  For whosoever asks, obtains; whosoever seeks, finds; and to every one who knocks, the door shall be opened.

7:9  Who of you men would give his son a stone, when he asks bread;

7:10  or a serpent, when he asks a fish?

7:11  If you then, though evil, can give good things to your children, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

7:12  Whatever you would that others do to you, do you the same to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

7:13  Enter in through the strait gate; for wide is the gate of perdition, broad is its way leading thither; and many are they who enter by it.

7:14  But how strait is the gate of life; how narrow the way leading thither; and how few are they who find it!

7:15  Beware of false teachers, who come to you in the garb of sheep, while inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

7:16  By their fruits you shall discover them. Are grapes gathered from thorns; or figs from thistles?

7:17  Every good tree yields good fruit, and every evil tree evil fruit.

7:18  A good tree can not yield evil fruit, nor an evil tree good fruit.

7:19  Every tree which yields not good fruit, is cut down, and turned into fuel.

7:20  Wherefore, by their fruits you shall discover them.

7:21  Not every one who says to me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven.

7:22  Many will say to me on that day, Master, Master, have we not taught in thy name, and in thy name performed many miracles?

7:23  To whom I will declare, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, you who practice iniquity.

7:24  Therefore, whosoever hears these my precepts, and does them, I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock.

7:25  For although the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, it fell not, because it was founded upon the rock.

7:26  But whosoever hears these my precepts, and does them not, shall be compared to a simpleton, who built his house upon the sand.

7:27  For when the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and dashed against that house, it fell, and great was its ruin.

7:28  When Jesus had ended this discourse, the people were struck with awe at his manner of teaching;

7:29  for he taught as one who had authority, and not as the Scribes.