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[1]Judge not, that ye be not judged.
[2]For with the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be measured to you.
[3]And why observest thou the straw in thy brother's eye, and regardest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
[4]Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; and lo! a beam is in thy own eye.
[5]Thou hypocrite; pluck first the beam from thy own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly, to pluck the straw out of thy brother's eye.
[6]Give not a holy thing to dogs: and cast not your pearls before swine; lest they tread them under their feet, and turn and lacerate you.
[7]Ask, and it shall be given to you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
[8]For, every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
[9]For what man is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
[10]Or if he ask of him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?
[11]If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
[12]Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you; so also do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
[13]Enter ye in by the strait gate; for wide is the gate and broad the way which leadeth to destruction; and many are they that walk in it.
[14]How small the gate and straitened the way that leadeth to life, and few they who find it!
[15]Beware of false prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious wolves.
[16]And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles?
[17]So every good tree beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits.
[18]A good tree cannot bear bad fruits; nor can a bad tree bear good fruits.
[19]Every tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned to the fire.
[20]Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.
[21]Not whoever may say to me, My Lord, my Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
[22]Many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, have-we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name wrought many works of power?
[23]And then will I declare to them; I never knew you. Depart from me, ye doers of evil.
[24]Every one therefore that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them, will be like to a wise man, one that built his house upon a rock.
[25]And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house; and it fell not, for its foundations were laid upon a rock.
[26]And every one that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man that built his house upon sand.
[27]And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house, and it fell; and great was the ruin of it.
[28]And so it was, that when Jesus had ended these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:
[29]for he taught them as one having authority; and not as their Scribes and Pharisees.
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