Matthew 7 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Matthew 7 ►

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1“Judge not, that you be not judged.

1"Stop judging, so that you won't be judged,

2For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

2because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.

3And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

3"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?

4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when the beam is in your own eye?

5Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

6“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

6"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."

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

7"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

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

8Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

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

9"There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

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

10Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he?

11If you then, being 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!

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 keep on asking him!

12Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

12Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them, because this summarizes the Law and the Prophets."

13“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

13"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.

14Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

14How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"

15“Beware of false prophets, who 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 savage wolves.

16You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

16You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they?

17Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.

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

18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.

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

19Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

20Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

20So by their fruit you will know them."

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

21"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

22Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'

23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!'"

24“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

24"Therefore, everyone who listens to these messages of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock.

25and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

25The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

26“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:

26"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

27and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

27The rain fell, the floods came, the winds blew and battered that house, and it collapsed—and its collapse was total."

28And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,

28When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,

29for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

29because he was teaching them like a person who had authority, and not like their scribes.

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