Matthew 7
Matthew 7 is chapter 7 of 28 in the book of Matthew, with 29 verses in the Berean Standard Bible.
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If God speaks to you through Matthew 7, record what He said in Doxa and come back to it.
“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
Do not judge, or you too will be judged
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
Read Luke 6:37›For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
Speck in your brother's eye, plank in your own
“Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?”
Read Luke 6:41›How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
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
“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
Read Luke 11:9›For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
So if you 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!
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Do to others as you would have them do to you — Golden Rule
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
Read Luke 6:31›Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Wise man who built his house on the rock
“I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:”
Read Luke 6:47›The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
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“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.””
“and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.”
““Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.”
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
“For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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