Jesus teaches that one should not judge others, as they will be judged by the same standard, and that one should first correct their own faults before trying to correct others. He also teaches that one should ask God for things in faith, and that God will provide good things to those who ask. Jesus then teaches the Golden Rule, that one should treat others as they would like to be treated. He warns against false prophets, who can be identified by their evil deeds, and that not everyone who claims to follow him will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of God. Jesus concludes by teaching that those who hear and obey his words will be like a wise man who builds his house on a rock, while those who do not obey will be like a foolish man who builds his house on sand.
1 "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged 2 For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you 3 And how can you see the splinter in your brother’s eye, and not see the board in your own eye 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter from your eye,’ while, behold, a board is in your own eye 5 Hypocrite, first remove the board from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye 6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart 7 Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you 8 For everyone who asks, receives; and whoever seeks, finds; and to anyone who knocks, it will be opened 9 Or what man is there among you, who, if his son were to ask him for bread, would offer him a stone 10 or if he were to ask him for a fish, would offer him a snake 11 Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him 12 Therefore, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets 13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leads to perdition, and many there are who enter through it 14 How narrow is the gate, and how straight is the way, which leads to life, and few there are who find it 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves 16 You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles 17 So then, every good tree produces good fruit, and the evil tree produces evil fruit 18 A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, and an evil tree is not able to produce good fruit 19 Every tree which does not produce good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire 20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them 21 Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven 22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and perform many powerful deeds in your name? 23 And then will I disclose to them: ‘I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity. 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock 25 And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand 27 And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin. 28 And it happened, when Jesus had completed these words, that the crowds were astonished at his doctrine 29 For he was teaching them as one who has authority, and not like their scribes and Pharisees