Berean Study Bible

English Standard Version

1“Do not judge, or you will be judged.

1“Judge not, that you be not judged.

2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?

5You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

6“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

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

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

8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

11So 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 ask Him!

11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

12“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

13“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

14For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

16You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

17So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.

18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

18A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

20Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

22On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

23And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

24“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

26And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

28And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

29because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

29for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

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