The Flood

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be ^(A)righteous before Me in this ^[a]time. ² You shall take ^[b]with you of every ^(B)clean animal ^[c]by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female; ³ also of the birds of the ^[d]sky, ^[e]by sevens, male and female, to keep ^[f]offspring alive on the face of all the earth. ⁴ For after ^(C)seven more days, I will send rain on the earth ^(D)forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land ^(E)every living thing that I have made.” ^5 (F)Noah did according to all that the Lord had commanded him.

⁶ Now Noah was ^(G)six hundred years old when the flood of water ^[g]came upon the earth. ⁷ Then ^(H)Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood. ^8 (I)Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground, ⁹ there went into the ark to Noah ^[h]by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. ¹⁰ It came about after ^(J)the seven days, that the water of the flood ^[i]came upon the earth. ¹¹ In the ^(K)six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all ^(L)the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the ^[j]floodgates of the sky were opened. ^12 (M)The rain ^[k]fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

¹³ On the very same day ^(N)Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, ¹⁴ they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after ^[l]their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, ^[m]all sorts of birds. ¹⁵ So they went into the ark to Noah, ^(O)by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. ¹⁶ Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed it behind him.

¹⁷ Then the flood ^[n]came upon the earth for ^(P)forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. ¹⁸ The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark ^[o]floated on the ^[p]surface of the water. ¹⁹ The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains ^[q]everywhere under the heavens were covered. ²⁰ The water prevailed fifteen ^[r]cubits higher, ^(Q)and the mountains were covered. ^21 (R)All flesh that ^[s]moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; ²² of all that was on the dry land, all ^(S)in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. ²³ Thus He blotted out ^[t]every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the ^[u]sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only ^(T)Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. ^24 (U)The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

Judging Others

7 “^(A)Do not judge so that you will not be judged. ² For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and ^[a](B)by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. ³ Why do you ^(C)look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ^4 (D)Or how ^[b]can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

⁶ “^(E)Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Prayer and the Golden Rule

⁷ “^[c](F)Ask, and ^(G)it will be given to you; ^[d]seek, and you will find; ^[e]knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there among you ^[f]who, when his son asks for a loaf, ^[g]will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or ^[h]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? ¹¹ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, ^(H)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

¹² “In everything, ^(I)therefore, ^[i]treat people the same way you want ^[j]them to treat you, for ^(J)this is the Law and the Prophets.

The Narrow and Wide Gates

¹³ “^(K)Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. ¹⁴ For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

A Tree and Its Fruit

¹⁵ “Beware of the ^(L)false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ^(M)ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will ^[k](N)know them by their fruits. ^[l]Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? ¹⁷ So ^(O)every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. ^19 (P)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ So then, you will ^[m]know them ^(Q)by their fruits.

²¹ “^(R)Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. ^22 (S)Many will say to Me on ^(T)that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many ^[n]miracles?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ^(U)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

The Two Foundations

²⁴ “Therefore ^(V)everyone who hears these words of Mine and ^[o]acts on them, ^[p]may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the ^[q]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not ^[r]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ The rain fell, and the ^[s]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

^28 [t](W)When Jesus had finished these words, ^(X)the crowds were amazed at His teaching; ²⁹ for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.