New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.
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Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
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For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?
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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?
4 Or how can you say to your neighbor, "Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye?
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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?
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 neighbor's eye.
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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.
6 "Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.
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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.
7 "Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
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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:
8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
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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.
9 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone?
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Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if the child asks for a fish, will give a snake?
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Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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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?
12 "In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
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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.
13 "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.
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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.
14 For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
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Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
16 You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
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By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
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Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
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It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
20 Thus you will know them by their fruits.
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So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
21 "Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
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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.
22 On that day many will say to me, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?'
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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?
23 Then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.'
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And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
24 "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
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Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.
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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.
26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!"
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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.
28 Now when Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astounded at his teaching,
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And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,
29 for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
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for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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