Matthew 7 Darby Translation
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1 Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
2 for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
3 But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?
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 wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?
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 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.
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 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.
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 Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
10 and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
11 If therefore ye, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of 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 good things to those who ask him!
12 Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
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 Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
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 the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
15 But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
16 By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
17 So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
19 Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
21 Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
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 Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through thy name, and through thy name cast out demons, and through thy name done many works of power?
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 avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
24 Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
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 the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
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 every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
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 the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.
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 to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his doctrine,
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
29 for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.
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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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)