Matthew 7:8-18

8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or what man is [there] among you, [if] his son will ask him [for] bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or also [if] he will ask for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 Therefore if you, [although you] 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?
12 Therefore [in] all [things], whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

The Sermon on the Mount: The Narrow Gate

13 "Enter through the narrow gate, because broad [is] the gate and spacious [is] the road that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it,
14 because narrow [is] the gate and constricted [is] the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it!

The Sermon on the Mount: Recognizing False Prophets

15 "Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.
16 You will recognize them by their fruits: they do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, [do they]?
17 In the [same] way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
18 A good tree is not able to produce bad fruit, nor a bad tree to produce good fruit.

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Footnotes 3

  • [a]. *Here "[although]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive
  • [b]. Some manuscripts have "how narrow"
  • [c]. The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated by "[do they]"
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