Matthew 7
New American Standard Bible
Judging Others
7 “(A)Do not [a]judge, so that you will not be judged. 2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and [b](B)by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you (C)look at the [c]speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 (D)Or how [d]can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the [e]speck out of your eye,’ and look, 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 [f]speck out of your brother’s eye!
6 “(E)Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Prayer and the Golden Rule
7 “[g](F)Ask, and (G)it will be given to you; [h]seek, and you will find; [i]knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what person is there among you [j]who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, [k]will give him a stone? 10 Or [l]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 So if you, despite being [m]evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, (H)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
12 “In everything, (I)therefore, [n]treat people the same way you want [o]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 narrow and the way is constricted 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 [p](N)know them by their fruits. [q]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 bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear 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 [r]know them (Q)by their fruits.
21 “(R)Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one 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 [s]miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (U)leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
The Two Foundations
24 “Therefore, (V)everyone who hears these words of Mine, and [t]acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell and the [u]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 And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not [v]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell and the [w]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.”
28 [x](W)When Jesus had finished these words, (X)the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
Footnotes
- Matthew 7:1 I.e., make a habit of judging or have a judgmental attitude
- Matthew 7:2 Lit by which measure you measure
- Matthew 7:3 Or splinter
- Matthew 7:4 Lit will
- Matthew 7:4 Or splinter
- Matthew 7:5 Or splinter
- Matthew 7:7 Or Keep asking
- Matthew 7:7 Or keep seeking
- Matthew 7:7 Or keep knocking
- Matthew 7:9 Lit whom his son will ask
- Matthew 7:9 Lit he will not give him a stone, will he?
- Matthew 7:10 Lit also will ask
- Matthew 7:11 I.e., as sinful mankind
- Matthew 7:12 Lit you, too, do so for them
- Matthew 7:12 Lit people
- Matthew 7:16 Or recognize
- Matthew 7:16 Lit They do not gather
- Matthew 7:20 Or recognize
- Matthew 7:22 Or works of power
- Matthew 7:24 Lit does them
- Matthew 7:25 Lit rivers
- Matthew 7:26 Lit do them
- Matthew 7:27 Lit rivers
- Matthew 7:28 Lit And it happened when
Mateo 7
Traducción en lenguaje actual
No juzguen a los demás
7 »No se conviertan en jueces de los demás, y así Dios no los juzgará a ustedes. 2 Si son muy duros para juzgar a otras personas, Dios será igualmente duro con ustedes. Él los tratará como ustedes traten a los demás.
3 »¿Por qué te fijas en lo malo que hacen otros, y no te das cuenta de las muchas cosas malas que haces tú? Es como si te fijaras que en el ojo del otro hay una basurita, y no te dieras cuenta de que en tu ojo hay una rama. 4 ¿Cómo te atreves a decirle a otro: “Déjame sacarte la basurita que tienes en el ojo”, si en tu ojo tienes una rama? 5 ¡Hipócrita! Primero saca la rama que tienes en tu ojo, y así podrás ver bien para sacar la basurita que está en el ojo del otro.
6 »No den a los perros las cosas que pertenecen a Dios, ni echen delante de los cerdos lo que para ustedes es más valioso. Los cerdos no sabrán apreciar su valor, y los perros pueden morderlos a ustedes.
Pedir, buscar y llamar
7 »Pidan a Dios, y él les dará. Hablen con Dios, y encontrarán lo que buscan. Llámenlo, y él los atenderá. 8 Porque el que confía en Dios recibe lo que pide, encuentra lo que busca y, si llama, es atendido.
9 »Nadie le da a su hijo una piedra, si él le pide pan. 10 Ni le da una serpiente, si le pide un pescado.
11 »Si ustedes, que son malos, saben dar cosas buenas a sus hijos, con mayor razón Dios, su Padre que está en el cielo, dará buenas cosas a quienes se las pidan.
12 »Traten a los demás como ustedes quieran ser tratados, porque eso nos enseña la Biblia.
La entrada estrecha
13 »Es muy fácil andar por el camino que lleva a la perdición,[a] porque es un camino ancho. ¡Y mucha gente va por ese camino! 14 Pero es muy difícil andar por el camino que lleva a la vida, porque es un camino muy angosto. Por eso, son muy pocos los que lo encuentran.
El árbol y su fruto
15 »¡Cuídense de los profetas mentirosos, que dicen que hablan de parte de Dios! Se presentan ante ustedes tan inofensivos como una oveja, pero en realidad son tan peligrosos como un lobo feroz. 16 Ustedes los podrán reconocer, pues no hacen nada bueno. Son como las espinas, que sólo te hieren. 17-18 El árbol bueno sólo produce frutos buenos y el árbol malo sólo produce frutos malos. 19 El árbol que no da buenos frutos se corta y se quema. 20 Así que ustedes reconocerán a esos mentirosos por el mal que hacen.
¡Cuidado!
21 »No todos los que dicen que yo soy su Señor y dueño entrarán en el reino de Dios. Eso no es suficiente; antes que nada deben obedecer los mandamientos de mi Padre, que está en el cielo. 22 Cuando llegue el día en que Dios juzgará a todo el mundo, muchos me dirán: “Señor y dueño nuestro, nosotros anunciamos de parte tuya el mensaje a otros. Y también usamos tu nombre para echar fuera demonios y para hacer milagros”. 23 Pero yo les diré: ¡Apártense de mí, gente malvada! ¡Yo no tengo nada que ver con ustedes!
Dos clases de personas
24 »El que escucha lo que yo enseño y hace lo que yo digo, es como una persona precavida que construyó su casa sobre piedra firme. 25 Vino la lluvia, y el agua de los ríos subió mucho, y el viento sopló con fuerza contra la casa. Pero la casa no se cayó, porque estaba construida sobre piedra firme.
26 »Pero el que escucha lo que yo enseño y no hace lo que yo digo es como una persona tonta que construyó su casa sobre la arena. 27 Vino la lluvia, y el agua de los ríos subió mucho, y el viento sopló con fuerza contra la casa. Y la casa se cayó y quedó totalmente destruida.»
28 Cuando Jesús terminó de hablar, todos los que escuchaban quedaron admirados de sus enseñanzas, 29 porque Jesús hablaba con toda autoridad, y no como los maestros de la Ley.
Footnotes
- Mateo 7:13 Perdición: Es decir, que lleva a la muerte eterna y al infierno.
Matthew 7
Wycliffe Bible
7 Do not ye deem, that ye be not deemed;
2 for in what doom ye deem, ye shall be deemed, and in what measure ye mete, it shall be meted again to you.
3 But what seest thou a little mote in the eye of thy brother, and seest not a beam in thine own eye?
4 Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Brother, suffer I shall do out a mote from thine eye [Brother, suffer that I cast out a mote from thine eye], and lo! a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Hypocrite, first do out the beam of thine eye/do thou out first the beam of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see to do out the mote of the eye of thy brother.[a]
6 Do not ye give holy thing to hounds [Do not ye give holy things to hounds], neither cast ye your margarites before swine, lest peradventure they defoul them with their feet, and the hounds be turned, and tear you all to pieces.
7 Ask ye, and it shall be given to you; seek ye, and ye shall find; knock ye, and it shall be opened to you.
8 For each that asketh, taketh; and he that seeketh, findeth; and it shall be opened to him, that knocketh.
9 What man of you is, that if his son ask him bread [Or who of you is a man, whom if his son ask bread], whether he will take him a stone?
10 Or if he ask [a] fish, whether he will give him an adder? [Or if he shall ask a fish, whether he shall give to him a serpent?]
11 Therefore if ye, when ye be evil men, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more your Father that is in heavens shall give good things to men that ask him?
12 Therefore all things, whatever things ye will that men do to you, [and] do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye by the strait gate; for the gate that leadeth to perdition is large, and the way is broad, and there be many that enter by it. [Enter ye by the strait gate; for the gate is broad, and the way that leadeth to perdition, either damnation, is large, and many be that enter by it.]
14 How strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life, and there be few that find it [and few be that find it].
15 Be ye ware of false prophets, that come to you in clothings of sheep, but withinforth they be wolves of raven;[b]
16 of their fruits ye shall know them. Whether men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of briers?
17 So every good tree maketh good fruits; but an evil tree maketh evil fruits.
18 A good tree may not make evil fruits, neither an evil tree [may] make good fruits.
19 Every tree that maketh not good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
20 Therefore of their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every man that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in heavens, he shall enter into the kingdom of heavens.[c]
22 Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, whether we have not prophesied in thy name, and have cast out fiends in thy name, and have done many works of power in thy name [whether we have not prophesied in thy name, and have cast out devils in thy name, and have done many virtues in thy name]?
23 And then I shall acknowledge to them, That I knew you never; depart away from me, ye that work wickedness.
24 Therefore every man that heareth these my words, and doeth them, shall be made like to a wise man, that hath builded his house on a stone[d].
25 And rain came down, and floods came, and winds blew, and rushed into that house; and it felled not down [and it fell not down], for it was founded on a stone.
26 And every man that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like to a fool, that hath builded his house on gravel[e].
27 And rain came down, and floods came, and winds blew, and hurled against that house; and it felled down [and it fell down], and the falling down thereof was great.
28 And it was done, when Jesus had ended these words, the people wondered on his teaching;
29 for he taught them, as he that had power [as a man having power], and not as the scribes and the Pharisees.
Footnotes
- Matthew 7:5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam of thine eye, and then thou shalt see to cast out the fescue of the eye of thy brother.
- Matthew 7:15 Perceive, or beware, ye, and flee from false prophets, which come to you in clothing of sheep, but within they be snatching wolves;
- Matthew 7:21 Not each that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heavens, shall enter into the kingdom of heavens.
- Matthew 7:24 that hath built his house on/upon a stone
- Matthew 7:26 is like to a man fool, that hath built his house upon gravel, or sand
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