Berean Study Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

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

1"Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

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

2"For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, 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?

3"Why do you look at 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?

4"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is 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.

5"You 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 what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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.

8"For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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

9"Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

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

10"Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

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!

11"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good 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"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, 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 through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

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

14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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

15"Beware of the 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?

16"You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

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

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

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

18"A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.

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

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

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

20"So then, you will know 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 he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

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?’

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

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

23"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE 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"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to 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.

25"And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for 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.

26"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on 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!”

27"The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell-- and great was its fall."

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

28When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

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

29for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

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