{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/matthew/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T05:35:16.600Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":7,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"JUDGE not, that you may not be judged, "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye? "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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's eye. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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? "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it! "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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? "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 7 (DRB)","markdown":"[Matthew 7](https://primebible.com/drb/matthew/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/matthew/7 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}