SERMON ON MOUNT
----Chapter 7----
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall
be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in
thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is
in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me
pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a
beam [is] in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out
of
thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to
cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn again and
rend you.
7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his
son
ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give
good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your
Father which is in heaven give good things to them
that ask him?
12 ¶ Therefore all things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for
this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide
[is]
the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow
[is]
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be
that find it.
15 ¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to
you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening
wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good
fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good
fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them.
21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never
knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings
of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise
man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods
came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it
fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings
of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods
came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it
fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended
these sayings, the people were astonished at his
doctrine:
29 For he taught them as [one] having
authority,
and not as the scribes.
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