Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 "Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you,
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"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
2 for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.
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For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged: and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
3 Why, then, do you look at the speck in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the log in your own eye?
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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 How dare you say to your brother, "Please, let me take that speck out of your eye,' when you have a log in your own eye?
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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 hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
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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 what is holy to dogs - they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs - they will only trample them underfoot.
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"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7 "Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
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"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.
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For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
9 Would any of you who are fathers give your son a stone when he asks for bread?
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Or what man is there of you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or would you give him a snake when he asks for a fish?
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Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
11 As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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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 "Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets.
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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 through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it.
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Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
14 But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.
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How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
15 "Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.
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"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
16 You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
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By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17 A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
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Even so, every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.
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A good tree can't bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.
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Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
20 So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
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Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
21 "Not everyone who calls me "Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.
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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 When the Judgment Day comes, many will say to me, "Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message, by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles!'
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Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy by your name, by your name cast out demons, and by your name do many mighty works?'
23 Then I will say to them, "I never knew you. Get away from me, you wicked people!'
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Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
24 "So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
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"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
25 The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.
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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 "But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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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 The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!"
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The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell -- and great was its fall."
28 When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowd was amazed at the way he taught.
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It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
29 He wasn't like the teachers of the Law; instead, he taught with authority.
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for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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