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Matthew 7 Bible in Basic English
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1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
1 NO juzguéis, para que no seáis juzgados.
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
2 Porque con el juicio con que juzgáis, seréis juzgados; y con la medida con que medís, os volverán á medir.
2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
3 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
3 Y ¿por qué miras la mota que está en el ojo de tu hermano, y no echas de ver la viga que está en tu ojo?
3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?
4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
4 O ¿cómo dirás á tu hermano: Espera, echaré de tu ojo la mota, y he aquí la viga en tu ojo?
4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
5 ¡Hipócrita! echa primero la viga de tu ojo, y entonces mirarás en echar la mota del ojo de tu hermano.
5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
6 No deis lo santo á los perros, ni echéis vuestras perlas delante de los puercos; porque no las rehuellen con sus pies, y vuelvan y os despedacen.
6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
7 Pedid, y se os dará; buscad, y hallaréis; llamad, y se os abrirá.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
8 Porque cualquiera que pide, recibe; y el que busca, halla; y al que llama, se abrirá.
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
9 ¿Qué hombre hay de vosotros, á quien si su hijo pidiere pan, le dará una piedra?
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
10 ¿Y si [le] pidiere un pez, le dará una serpiente?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
11 Pues si vosotros, siendo malos, sabéis dar buenas dádivas á vuestros hijos, ¿cuánto más vuestro Padre que está en los cielos, dará buenas cosas á los que le piden?
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 good things to those who ask him!
12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
12 Así que, todas las cosas que quisierais que los hombres hiciesen con vosotros, así también haced vosotros con ellos; porque esta es la ley y los profetas.
12 Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
13 Entrad por la puerta estrecha: porque ancha es la puerta, y espacioso el camino que lleva á perdición, y muchos son los que entran por ella.
13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
14 Porque estrecha es la puerta, y angosto el camino que lleva á la vida, y pocos son los que la hallan.
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
15 Y guardaos de los falsos profetas, que vienen á vosotros con vestidos de ovejas, mas de dentro son lobos rapaces.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
16 Por sus frutos los conoceréis. ¿Cógense uvas de los espinos, ó higos de los abrojos?
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
17 Así, todo buen árbol lleva buenos frutos; mas el árbol maleado lleva malos frutos.
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
18 It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
18 No puede el buen árbol llevar malos frutos, ni el árbol maleado llevar frutos buenos.
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
19 Todo árbol que no lleva buen fruto, córtase y échase en el fuego.
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
20 Así que, por sus frutos los conoceréis.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
21 No todo el que me dice: Señor, Señor, entrará en el reino de los cielos: mas el que hiciere la voluntad de mi Padre que está en los cielos.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
22 Muchos me dirán en aquel día: Señor, Señor, ¿no profetizamos en tu nombre, y en tu nombre lanzamos demonios, y en tu nombre hicimos muchos milagros?
22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
23 Y entonces les protestaré: Nunca os conocí; apartaos de mí, obradores de maldad.
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
24 Cualquiera, pues, que me oye estas palabras, y las hace, le compararé á un hombre prudente, que edificó su casa sobre la peña;
24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
25 Y descendió lluvia, y vinieron ríos, y soplaron vientos, y combatieron aquella casa; y no cayó: porque estaba fundada sobre la peña.
25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
26 Y cualquiera que me oye estas palabras, y no las hace, le compararé á un hombre insensato, que edificó su casa sobre la arena;
26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
27 Y descendió lluvia, y vinieron ríos, y soplaron vientos, é hicieron ímpetu en aquella casa; y cayó, y fué grande su ruina.
27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
28 And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,
28 Y fué que, como Jesús acabó estas palabras, las gentes se admiraban de su doctrina;
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
29 for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
29 Porque les enseñaba como quien tiene autoridad, y no como los escribas.
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 6:37; Romans 2:1–2; James 4:11–12; Luke 6:41; Romans 14:10–13
- 2 James 2:13; Mark 4:24; Obadiah 15; Luke 6:38; Psalm 18:25–26
- 3 John 8:7–9; Galatians 6:1; Luke 6:41–42; 2 Samuel 12:5–6; Luke 18:11
- 5 Luke 6:42; Psalm 51:9–13; Matthew 23:13–28; Luke 13:15; Luke 4:23
- 6 Proverbs 9:7–8; Proverbs 23:9; Matthew 10:14–15; Proverbs 26:11; Matthew 15:26
- 7 Matthew 21:22; 1 John 3:22; John 15:7; Mark 11:24; Psalm 145:18–19
- 8 Psalm 81:10; Psalm 81:16; Luke 23:42–43; Matthew 15:22–28; Acts 9:11
- 9 Luke 11:11–13
- 11 Luke 11:11–13; James 1:17; Romans 8:32; Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 49:15
- 12 Luke 6:31; Romans 13:8–10; Galatians 5:13–14; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 12:29–34
- 13 Luke 13:24–25; Proverbs 16:25; John 14:6; John 10:9; Isaiah 55:7
- 14 Luke 13:23–30; Matthew 22:14; Matthew 16:24–25; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 35:8
- 15 1 John 4:1; Matthew 24:11; 2 Peter 2:1–3; Acts 20:29–31; Mark 13:22–23
- 16 Luke 6:43–45; James 3:12; Matthew 12:33; Matthew 7:20; 2 Peter 2:10–18
- 17 Matthew 12:33–35; Galatians 5:22–24; Ephesians 5:9; Psalm 1:3; Colossians 1:10
- 18 Galatians 5:17; 1 John 3:9–10
- 19 Matthew 3:10; John 15:2–6; Luke 3:9; Hebrews 6:8; Luke 13:6–9
- 20 Matthew 7:16
- 21 Romans 2:13; Luke 6:46; James 1:22; Luke 11:28; Titus 1:16
- 22 Luke 13:25–27; 1 Corinthians 13:1–2; Malachi 3:17–18; Hebrews 6:4–6; Acts 19:13–15
- 23 Matthew 25:41; Psalm 6:8; Luke 13:27; Luke 13:25; Matthew 25:12
- 24 Luke 6:47–49; John 13:17; Luke 11:28; 1 Corinthians 3:10–11; James 2:17–26
- 25 James 1:12; Psalm 125:1–2; 1 Peter 1:7; Colossians 2:7; 1 Peter 1:5
- 26 Jeremiah 8:9; Luke 6:49; James 2:20; Proverbs 14:1; 1 Samuel 2:30
- 27 Matthew 13:19–22; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Hebrews 10:26–31; Matthew 12:43–45
- 28 Luke 4:32; Mark 1:22; John 7:46; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:22
- 29 Hebrews 4:12–13; Isaiah 50:4; Luke 20:8; Luke 20:46–47; Deuteronomy 18:18–19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
In the lesson of the Holy Gospel the Lord hath exhorted us to prayer. "Ask," saith He, "and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
What then? Ought we not to blame them that sin? Because Paul also saith this selfsame thing: or rather, there too it is Christ, speaking by Paul, and saying, "Why dost thou judge thy brother?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… all unrighteousness, covetousness, love of money, evil speaking, false witness; "not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing," or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing, but being mindful of what the Lord said in His teaching: "Judge not, that ye be not judged; forgive, and it shall be forgiven unto you; be merciful, that ye may obtain mercy; …
It was, [they affirm,] concerning these that the Lord said, "Seek, and ye shall find," that is, that they should inquire how Nous and Aletheia proceeded from Bythus and Sage; whether Logos and Zoe again derive their origin from these and then, whether Anthropos and Ecclesia proceed from Logos and Zoe.
or how shall they believe without a preacher?" And those who seek the Lord shall praise Him. For those who seek shall find Him, and those who find Him shall praise Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)