Evanðelje po Mateju 7
O osuđivanju drugih
1 "Ne osuđujte, da ne budete osuđeni.2 Jer kako vi sudite druge, tako će se i vama suditi. Kako mjerite drugima, i vama će se mjeriti.3 Što imaš gledati trn u oku svojega brata kad u vlastitom oku ni brvna ne opažaš?4 Kako možeš reći bratu: 'Daj da ti izvadim trn iz oka' kad sam imaš brvno u oku?
5 Licemjeru! Izvadi najprije brvno iz vlastitog oka, pa ćeš onda dobro vidjeti kako da bratu izvadiš trn iz oka.
6 Ne dajte svetinje psima! Ne bacajte biserje pred svinje! Jer svinje će ga pogaziti, a psi se okrenuti te vas rastrgati.
Moć molitve
7 Molite i dat će vam se! Tražite i naći ćete! Kucajte i otvorit će vam se!8 Jer tko god moli, prima. Tko god traži, nalazi. Tko kuca, otvara mu se.9 Bi li itko od vas svojemu djetetu, kad bi ga zamolilo kruha, dao kamen?10 Ili bi mu tko dao zmiju kad ga zamoli ribu?
11 Pa ako vi, grešni ljudi, znate davati dobre darove svojoj djeci, koliko će više vaš nebeski Otac darovati dobra onima koji ga mole?"
Zlatno pravilo
12 "Činite drugima ono što biste htjeli da drugi čine vama. To je bit učenja cijeloga Mojsijeva zakona i Proroka."
Uzak put
13 "Uđite na uska vrata! Jer široka vrata i prostran put vode u propast i mnogi njime idu.
14 Kako su uska vrata i tijesan put koji vodi u Život! Malo ih je koji ga nalaze."
Prispodoba o stablu i plodovima
15 "Čuvajte se lažnih proroka koji dolaze u ovčjem runu, a iznutra su grabežljivi vukovi.16 Prepoznat ćete ih po njihovim plodovima. Bere li se s trnja grožđe ili s bodljike smokve?17 Tako svako dobro stablo rađa dobrim, a nevaljalo stablo nevaljalim plodovima.18 Niti dobro stablo može roditi nevaljalim rodom, niti nevaljalo stablo dobrim rodom.19 Svako stablo koje ne rađa dobrim rodom siječe se i baca u oganj.
20 Poznat ćete ih, dakle, po plodovima."
Pravi učenici
21 "U nebesko kraljevstvo neće ući svi koji me nazivaju Gospodinom, već samo koji slušaju mojega nebeskog Oca.22 Na sudu će mi mnogi reći: 'Gospodine, Gospodine! Nismo li u tvoje ime prorokovali? Nismo li se služili tvojim imenom da istjerujemo zle duhove i da činimo mnoga druga čudesa?'
23 Ali odgovorit ću im: 'Nikad vas nisam poznavao. Odlazite od mene, zlotvori!'
Kuća na stijeni i kuća na pijesku
24 Tko god sluša ove moje riječi i tako čini, mudar je kao i čovjek koji gradi kuću na čvrstoj stijeni.25 Zapljušti kiša, navale bujice, zapušu vjetrovi i stanu šibati kuću, ali se ona ne sruši jer je izgrađena na stijeni.26 Naprotiv, tko čuje ove moje riječi, a ne čini tako, jest poput luda čovjeka koji sebi gradi kuću na pijesku.
27 Zapljušti kiša, navale bujice, zapušu vjetrovi i stanu šibati kuću, i ona se sruši. I velika bijaše njezina ruševina."
28 Kad je Isus završio govor, mnoštvo je bilo zaneseno njegovim učenjem
29 jer je učio kao onaj koji ima vlast, a ne kao njihovi pismoznanci.
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