| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. | 1"Do not judge so that you will not be judged. |
| 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. | 2For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. |
| 3"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? | 3Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? |
| 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? | 4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own? |
| 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. | 5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. |
| 6"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. | 6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. |
| 7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. | 7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. |
| 8For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. | 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. |
| 9"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? | 9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? |
| 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? | 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? |
| 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! | 11If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! |
| 12So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. | 12In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. |
| 13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. | 13"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. |
| 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. | 14But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it. |
| 15"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. | 15"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. |
| 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? | 16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? |
| 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. | 17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. |
| 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. | 18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit. |
| 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. | 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. | 20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit. |
| 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 who is in heaven. | 21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven--only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. |
| 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' | 22On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?' |
| 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' | 23Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!' |
| 24"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. | 24"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. |
| 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. | 25The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock. |
| 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. | 26Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. |
| 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." | 27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!" |
| 28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, | 28When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching, |
| 29because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. | 29because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law. |
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