Matúš 7
1 Nesúďte, aby ste neboli súdení.2 Lebo ako budete súdiť vy, tak budú súdiť aj vás, a akou mierou budete merať vy, takou sa nameria aj vám.3 Prečo vidíš smietku v oku svojho brata, a vo vlastnom oku brvno nezbadáš?4 Alebo ako môžeš povedať svojmu bratovi: »Dovoľ, vyberiem ti smietku z oka« - a ty máš v oku brvno?!5 Pokrytec, vyhoď najprv brvno zo svojho oka! Potom budeš vidieť a budeš môcť vybrať smietku z oka svojho brata.6 Nedávajte, čo je sväté, psom a nehádžte svoje perly pred svine, aby ich nohami nepošliapali, neobrátili sa proti vám a neroztrhali vás.7 Proste a dostanete! Hľadajte a nájdete! Klopte a otvoria vám!8 Lebo každý, kto prosí, dostane, a kto hľadá, nájde, a kto klope, tomu otvoria.9 Alebo je medzi vami človek, čo by podal synovi kameň, keď ho prosí o chlieb?10 Alebo keby pýtal rybu, čo by mu dal hada?11 Keď teda vy, hoci ste zlí, viete dávať dobré dary svojim deťom, o čo skôr dá váš Otec, ktorý je na nebesiach, dobré veci tým, čo ho prosia.12 Všetko, čo chcete, aby ľudia robili vám, robte aj vy im. Lebo to je Zákon i Proroci.13 Vchádzajte tesnou bránou, lebo široká brána a priestranná cesta vedie do zatratenia a mnoho je tých, čo cez ňu vchádzajú.14 Aká tesná je brána a úzka cesta, čo vedie do života, a málo je tých, čo ju nachádzajú!15 Chráňte sa falošných prorokov: prichádzajú k vám v ovčom rúchu, ale vnútri sú draví vlci.16 Poznáte ich po ovocí. Veď či oberajú z tŕnia hrozná alebo z bodliakov figy?17 Tak každý dobrý strom rodí dobré ovocie, kým zlý strom rodí zlé ovocie.18 Dobrý strom nemôže rodiť zlé ovocie a zlý strom nemôže rodiť dobré ovocie.19 Každý strom, ktorý neprináša dobré ovocie, vytnú a hodia do ohňa.20 Teda po ich ovocí ich poznáte.21 Nie každý, kto mi hovorí: »Pane, Pane,« vojde do nebeského kráľovstva, ale iba ten, kto plní vôľu môjho Otca, ktorý je na nebesiach.22 Mnohí mi v onen deň povedia: »Pane, Pane, či sme neprorokovali v tvojom mene? Nevyháňali sme v tvojom mene zlých duchov a neurobili sme v tvojom mene veľa zázrakov?«23 Vtedy im vyhlásim: Nikdy som vás nepoznal; odíďte odo mňa vy, čo páchate neprávosť!24 A tak každý, kto počúva tieto moje slová a uskutočňuje ich, podobá sa múdremu mužovi, ktorý si postavil dom na skale.25 Spustil sa dážď, privalili sa vody, strhla sa víchrica a oborili sa na ten dom, ale dom sa nezrútil, lebo mal základy na skale.26 A každý, kto tieto moje slová počúva, ale ich neuskutočňuje, podobá sa hlúpemu mužovi, ktorý si postavil dom na piesku.27 Spustil sa dážď, privalili sa vody, strhla sa víchrica, oborili sa na ten dom a dom sa zrútil; zostalo z neho veľké rumovisko.“28 Keď Ježiš skončil tieto reči, zástupy žasli nad jeho učením,29 lebo ich učil ako ten, čo má moc, a nie ako ich zákonníci.
MATTHEW 7
Judging Others
(Luke 6.37,38,41,42)
1 Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.
2 t God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.
3 You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye. 4 How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye?
5 You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.
6 Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.Ask, Search, Knock
(Luke 11.9-13)
7 t Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
8 Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.
9 Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? 10 Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish?
11 As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.
12 t Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophetst are all about.The Narrow Gate
(Luke 13.24)
13 t Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.
14 But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.A Tree and Its Fruit
(Luke 6.43-45)
15 Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you. 16 t You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. 19 t Every tree producing bad fruit will be chopped down and burned.
20 t You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds.A Warning
(Luke 13.26,27)
21 Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. 22 On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, “We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles.”
23 t But I will tell them, “I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!”Two Builders
(Luke 6.47-49)
24 Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.
25 Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it was built on solid rock, and so it did not fall.
26 Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.
27 Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.
28 t When Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were surprised at his teaching. 29 He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses.