Matthew 7:1-12

Judging Others

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

2 "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and ²by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

3 "Why do you ³look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

4 "⁴Or 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?

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.

6 "⁵Do 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.

Prayer and the Golden Rule

7 "⁶Ask, and ⁷it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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

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

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

11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, ⁸how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

12 "In everything, ⁹therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for ¹⁰this is the Law and the Prophets.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 7:1-5: {Luke 6:37f, 41;} Romans 14:10, 13
• 2. Mark 4:24; Luke 6:38
• 3. Romans 2:1
• 4. Luke 6:42
• 5. Matthew 15:26
• 6. Matthew 7:7-11: {Luke 11:9-13}
• 7. Matthew 18:19; Matthew 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; John 15:7, 16; John 16:23; James 1:5; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14
• 8. Psalms 84:11; Isaiah 63:7; Romans 8:32; James 1:17
• 9. Luke 6:31
• 10. Matthew 22:40; Romans 13:8f; Galatians 5:14

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "by what measure you measure"
• [b]. Lit "will"
• [c]. Or "Keep asking"
• [d]. Or "keep seeking"
• [e]. Or "keep knocking"
• [f]. Lit "whom his son will ask"
• [g]. Lit "he will not give him a stone, will he?"
• [h]. Lit "also will ask"
• [i]. Lit "you, too, do so for them"
• [j]. Lit "people;" Gr "anthropoi"