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Matthew 7

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Matthew 7:1 9 cross-refs

"Judge not, that you be not judged.

krinōJudging others

Matthew 7:2 11 cross-refs

For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

krinō krima metron antimetreōJudging others

Matthew 7:3 7 cross-refs

And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

karphos dokos katanoeō blepō ophthalmosJudging othersHypocrisy and sincere devotion

Matthew 7:4 0 cross-refs

Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye?

karphos dokos ekballō adelphosJudging othersHypocrisy and sincere devotion

Matthew 7:5 8 cross-refs

Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

hypokritēs diablepō dokos karphosHypocrisy and sincere devotionJudging others

Matthew 7:6 15 cross-refs

"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

hagios margaritēs kyōn choiros ballōWisdom, understanding and instruction

Matthew 7:7 38 cross-refs

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

aiteō zēteō heuriskō krouō anoigōPrayer, praise and worshipGod's provision and care

Matthew 7:8 9 cross-refs

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

aiteō lambanō zēteō heuriskō pasPrayer, praise and worship

Matthew 7:9 1 cross-refs

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

artos lithos huios anthrōposPrayer, praise and worshipGod's provision and care

Matthew 7:10 0 cross-refs

Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

ophis ichthysPrayer, praise and worshipGod's provision and care

Matthew 7:11 34 cross-refs

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 those who ask Him!

patēr ouranos ponēros agathos domaPrayer, praise and worshipGod's provision and care

Matthew 7:12 17 cross-refs

Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

nomos prophētēs thelō poieō pasLoving neighbors and enemies

Matthew 7:13 36 cross-refs

"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

apōleia hodos eiserchomai stenos pylēDiscipleship, service and calling

Matthew 7:14 24 cross-refs

Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

zōē stenos hodos oligos heuriskōDiscipleship, service and calling

Matthew 7:15 47 cross-refs

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

pseudoprophētēs prosechō lykos harpax probatonHypocrisy and sincere devotion

Matthew 7:16 6 cross-refs

You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

karpos epiginōskō sykon akantha tribolosHypocrisy and sincere devotionDiscipleship, service and calling

Matthew 7:17 14 cross-refs

Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

agathos kalos dendron sapros karposDiscipleship, service and calling

Matthew 7:18 2 cross-refs

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

agathos dendron ponēros karpos dynamaiDiscipleship, service and calling

Matthew 7:19 10 cross-refs

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

ekkoptō ballō pyr dendron karposDiscipleship, service and callingGod's judgment and accountability

Matthew 7:20 2 cross-refs

Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

karpos epiginōskōHypocrisy and sincere devotionDiscipleship, service and calling

Matthew 7:21 49 cross-refs

"Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

basileia thelēma kyrios eiserchomai patērObedience and God's wordKingdom, blessing and righteousness

Matthew 7:22 21 cross-refs

Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'

prophēteuō daimonion dynamis onoma kyriosHypocrisy and sincere devotion

Matthew 7:23 10 cross-refs

And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

ginōskō anomia homologeō ergazomai apochōreōHypocrisy and sincere devotionGod's judgment and accountability

Matthew 7:24 31 cross-refs

"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

logos akouō phronimos petra oikodomeōObedience and God's wordWisdom, understanding and instruction

Matthew 7:25 13 cross-refs

and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

petra themelioō oikia brochē piptōObedience and God's wordWisdom, understanding and instruction

Matthew 7:26 5 cross-refs

"But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:

mōros homoioō akouō logos ammosObedience and God's word

Matthew 7:27 6 cross-refs

and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."

ptōsis piptō megas brochē anemosObedience and God's wordGod's judgment and accountability

Matthew 7:28 9 cross-refs

And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,

ekplēssō didachē logos synteleō ochlosWho Christ is

Matthew 7:29 21 cross-refs

for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

exousia didaskō grammateusWho Christ is