Do not judge, or you too will be judged. | Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. |
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? | Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? |
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Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. | Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. |
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. | In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. |
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. | Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it. |
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. | Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
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 who is in heaven. | Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. |
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. | Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. |