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'Do not judge, and you will not be judged;
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because the judgements you give are the judgements you will get, and the standard you use will be the standard used for you.
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Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?
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And how dare you say to your brother, "Let me take that splinter out of your eye," when, look, there is a great log in your own?
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Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.
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'Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.
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'Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
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Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
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Is there anyone among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?
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Or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish?
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If you, then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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'So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the Law and the Prophets.
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'Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and many take it;
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but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
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'Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves.
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You will be able to tell them by their fruits. Can people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
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In the same way, a sound tree produces good fruit but a rotten tree bad fruit.
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A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit.
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Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire.
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I repeat, you will be able to tell them by their fruits.
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'It is not anyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.
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When the day comes many will say to me, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, work many miracles in your name?"
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Then I shall tell them to their faces: I have never known you; away from me, all evil doers!
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'Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.
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Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock.
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But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.
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Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!'
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Jesus had now finished what he wanted to say, and his teaching made a deep impression on the people
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because he taught them with authority, unlike their own scribes.
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