{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">Matthew<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 7<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"1\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,1,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">1<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">JUDGE not, that you may not be judged,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,2,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,3,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother&#039;s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,4,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,5,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother&#039;s eye.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,6,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,7,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,8,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,9,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,10,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,11,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,12,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,13,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,14,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,15,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,16,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,17,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,18,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,19,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,20,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,21,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,22,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,23,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,24,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,25,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,26,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,27,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,28,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,7,29,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/drb\/2\/1\/6\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/drb\/2\/1\/8\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"Matthew, Chapter 7 — Douay-Rheims Bible","book_title":"Matthew","toolbar_title":"Matthew — Ch. 7","prev_url":"\/drb\/2\/1\/6","next_url":"\/drb\/2\/1\/8","tid":2,"book_id":1,"chapter":7,"num_chapters":28,"trans":"DRB","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Matthew","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/drb\/2\/1\/7","meta_desc":"JUDGE not, that you may not be judged, For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you aga…"}