Matthew 7
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Judging Others
(Luke 6:37–42; Romans 14:1–12)

1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged: 2For as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meete, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne. 3Why seist thou a moate in thy brothers eye, and perceauest not the beame yt is yn thine awne eye? 4Or why saiest thou to yi brother: holde, I wil plucke the moate out of thyne eye, and beholde, a beame is in thyne awne eye. 5Ypocryte, fyrst cast out the beame out of thyne awne eye, and then shalt thou se clearly, to plucke out the moate out of thy brothers eye.

6Geue not that which is holy, to dogges: nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their fete, & the other turne agayne and all to rente you.

Ask, Seek, Knock
(Luke 11:5–13)

7Axe, and it shalbe geuen you: Seke, and ye shall fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. 8For whosoeuer axeth, receaueth: and he that seketh, fyndeth: and to hym yt knocketh, it shal opened. 9Ys there eny man amonge you, which yf his sonne axed hym bred, wolde offer him a stone? 10Or yf he axed fysshe, wolde he proffer hym a serpent? 11yf ye then which are euell, can geue youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche more shall youre father which is in heauen, geue good thynges to them that axe hym?

12Therfore what soeuer ye wolde that me shulde do to you, eue so do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the Prophetes.

The Narrow Gate
(Luke 13:22–30)

13Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is the gate, and broade is the waye, that leadeth to destruccion: & many there be, which go in therat. 14But strayte is the gate, and narowe ys the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it.

A Tree and Its Fruit
(Luke 6:43–45)

15Beware of false Prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothinge, but inwardly they are rauenynge wolues, 16Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles? 17Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute. But a corrupte tree, bryngeth forth euyl frute, 18A good tree can not bryng forth bad frute: nother can a rotten tre bringe forth good frute. 19Euery tre that bryngeth not forth good frute, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fyre. 20Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe them.

21Not all they that saye vnto me, LORDE LORDE, shall enter in to the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doth the will of my father which ys in heauen. 22Many shall saye to me in that daye: LORDE, LORDE: haue we not prophecied in thy name? Haue we not cast out deuyls in thy name? Haue we not done many greate dedes in thy name? 23And then will I knowlege vnto them: I neuer knewe you, Departe fro me, ye workers of iniquite.

The House on the Rock
(Luke 6:46–49)

24Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lycke hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rocke: 25Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house, it fel not, because it was grounded on the rocke. 26And who soeuer heareth of me these sayinges, & doth the not, shalbe lyckened vnto a folysh ma, which buylt his housse apon the sonde: 27Now whan abudaunce of rayne desceded, & the wyndes blewe, & bet vpon yt housse, it fell, and great was the fall of it.

The Authority of Jesus

28And it came to passe, that when Iesus had ended these saynges, the people were astonnyed at hys doctryne. 29For he taught them as one hauynge power, and not as the Scribes.


Coverdale Bible of 1535

Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible

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