Matthew 7-8 (21st Century King James Version)

Matthew 7

 ¹"Judge not, that ye be not judged.

   
 ²For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

   
 ³And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

   
 ⁴Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, `Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye,' and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

   
 ⁵Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

   
 ⁶"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

   
 ⁷"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

   
 ⁸For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

   
 ⁹"Or what man is there among you whom, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone?

   
 ¹⁰Or if he ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

   
 ¹¹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in Heaven give good things to them that ask Him?

   
 ¹²Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

   
 ¹³"Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat.

   
 ¹⁴Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

   
 ¹⁵"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

   
 ¹⁶Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

   
 ¹⁷Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

   
 ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

   
 ¹⁹Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.

   
 ²⁰Therefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

   
 ²¹"Not every one that saith unto Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father who is in Heaven.

   
 ²²Many will say to Me in that Day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name have cast out devils, and in Thy name done many wonderful works?'

   
 ²³And then will I profess unto them, `I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.'

   
 ²⁴"Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock.

   
 ²⁵And the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

   
 ²⁶And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

   
 ²⁷and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

   
 ²⁸And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine;

   
 ²⁹for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

   

Matthew 8

 ¹When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

   
 ²And behold, there came a leper and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean."

   
 ³And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him, saying, "I will: be thou clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

   
 ⁴And Jesus said unto him, "See thou tell no man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony unto them."

   
 ⁵And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion, beseeching Him

   
 ⁶and saying, "Lord, my servant lieth at home sick with the palsy and grievously tormented."

   
 ⁷And Jesus said unto him, "I will come and heal him."

   
 ⁸The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof. But speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

   
 ⁹For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this man, `Go!' and he goeth; and to another, `Come!' and he cometh; and to my servant, `Do this!' and he doeth it."

   
 ¹⁰When Jesus heard it, He marveled and said to those who followed, "Verily I say unto you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.

   
 ¹¹And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven.

   
 ¹²But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

   
 ¹³And Jesus said unto the centurion, "Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." And his servant was healed in that selfsame hour.

   
 ¹⁴And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying and sick with a fever.

   
 ¹⁵And He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered unto them.

   
 ¹⁶When the evening had come, they brought unto Him many who were possessed with devils, and He cast out the spirits with His word and healed all who were sick,

   
 ¹⁷that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, who said, "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."

   
 ¹⁸Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

   
 ¹⁹And a certain scribe came and said unto Him, "Master, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest."

   
 ²⁰And Jesus said unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath nowhere to lay His head."

   
 ²¹And another of His disciples said unto Him, "Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father."

   
 ²²But Jesus said unto him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead."

   
 ²³And when He had entered into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

   
 ²⁴And behold, there arose a great tempest on the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves; but He was asleep.

   
 ²⁵And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We perish!"

   
 ²⁶And He said unto them, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

   
 ²⁷But the men marveled, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

   
 ²⁸And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

   
 ²⁹And behold, they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God? Art Thou come hither to torment us before the time?"

   
 ³⁰Now there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

   
 ³¹So the devils besought Him, saying, "If Thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine."

   
 ³²And He said to them, "Go." And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine, and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

   
 ³³And those who kept them fled and went their ways into the city, and told everything and what had befallen the ones possessed with the devils.

   
 ³⁴And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they besought Him that He would depart out of their borders.