Matteus 7

Døm ikke!

(Luk 6,37–38. 41–42)

1 Døm ikke, for at dere ikke skal bli dømt! t

2 For dere skal selv dømmes etter den dom dere feller over andre, og det skal måles opp for dere i det målet dere selv bruker.t
3 Hvorfor ser du flisen i din brors øye, men bjelken i ditt eget øye legger du ikke merke til? 4 Eller hvordan kan du si til din bror: La meg ta flisen ut av øyet ditt, når det er en bjelke i ditt eget?

5 Din hykler! Ta først bjelken ut av ditt eget øye! Da først vil du se klart og kan ta flisen ut av din brors øye.

6 Gi ikke hundene det hellige, og kast ikke deres perler for svin; de vil bare trampe dem ned, vende seg mot dere og rive dere i stykker.t

Be, så skal dere få!

(Luk 11,9–13)

8 For den som ber, han får, og den som leter, han finner, og den som banker på, blir det lukket opp for.
9 Eller er det noen av dere som vil gi sin sønn en stein når han ber om brød, 10 eller gi ham en orm når han ber om en fisk?

11 Når selv dere som er onde, vet å gi barna gode gaver, hvor mye mer skal ikke da den Far dere har i himmelen, gi gode gaver til dem som ber ham.

Den gylne regel

(Luk 6,31)

12 Alt dere vil at andre skal gjøre mot dere, skal også dere gjøre mot dem. For dette er loven og profetene i en sum.t

To veier

(Luk 13,23–24)

14 Men trang er den port og smal er den vei som fører til livet, og få er de som finner den.t

De falske profeter

20 Derfor skal dere kjenne dem på fruktene.

Falske disipler

(Luk 6,46; 13,26–27)

23 Men da skal jeg si dem rett ut: Jeg har aldri kjent dere. Bort fra meg, dere som gjør urett!t

Huset bygd på fjell

(Luk 6,47–49)

25 Regnet skylte ned, elvene flommet, og vindene blåste og slo mot huset. Men det falt ikke, for det hadde sin grunnvoll på fjell.
26 Men den som hører disse mine ord og ikke gjør etter dem, han blir lik en uforstandig mann som bygde huset sitt på sand.

27 Regnet skylte ned, elvene flommet, og vindene blåste og slo mot huset. Da falt det, og fallet var stort.t
28 Da Jesus var ferdig med å tale, var folket slått av undring over hans lære. t 29 For han lærte dem med myndighet, og ikke som deres skriftlærde.t

Matthew 7

Do Not Judge

1 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.s2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.t3 Whyt do you see the specks in your brother’s eye, but fail to seet the beam of woods in your own?4 Or how can you sayt to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?5 You 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 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.t

Ask, Seek, Knock

7 “Asks and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the doort will be opened for you.8 For everyone who askss receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.9 Ist there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?s11 If you then, although you are evil,t know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good giftss to those who ask him!

12 Int everything, treat others as you would want themt to treat you,s for this fulfillst the law and the prophets.

The Narrow Gate

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.

14 But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

A Tree and Its Fruit

15 “Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.s16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gatheredt from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?s17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the badt tree bears bad fruit.18 A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

Judgment of Pretenders

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’s will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.22 On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and dot many powerful deeds?’

23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’t

Hearing and Doing

24 “Everyonet who hears these words of mine and does them is liket a wise mant who built his house on rock.25 The rain fell, the floodt came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!”t
28 Whent Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

29 because he taught them like one who had authority,s not like their experts in the law.t