Matthew 7
Common English Bible
Judging
7 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 You’ll receive the same judgment you give. Whatever you deal out will be dealt out to you. 3 Why do you see the splinter that’s in your brother’s or sister’s eye, but don’t notice the log in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother or sister, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ when there’s a log in your eye? 5 You deceive yourself! First take the log out of your eye, and then you’ll see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s or sister’s eye. 6 Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls in front of pigs. They will stomp on the pearls, then turn around and attack you.
Asking, seeking, knocking
7 “Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door is opened. 9 Who among you will give your children a stone when they ask for bread? 10 Or give them a snake when they ask for fish? 11 If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. 12 Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people to treat you; this is the Law and the Prophets.
Narrow gate
13 “Go in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is broad and the road wide, so many people enter through it. 14 But the gate that leads to life is narrow and the road difficult, so few people find it.
Tree and fruit
15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you dressed like sheep, but inside they are vicious wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles? 17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and every rotten tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit. And a rotten tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore, you will know them by their fruit.
Entrance requirements
21 “Not everybody who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 On the Judgment Day, many people will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name and expel demons in your name and do lots of miracles in your name?’ 23 Then I’ll tell them, ‘I’ve never known you. Get away from me, you people who do wrong.’
Two foundations
24 “Everybody who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise builder who built a house on bedrock. 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house. It didn’t fall because it was firmly set on bedrock. 26 But everybody who hears these words of mine and doesn’t put them into practice will be like a fool who built a house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house. It fell and was completely destroyed.”
Crowd’s response
28 When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching 29 because he was teaching them like someone with authority and not like their legal experts.
Mathew 7
Beibl William Morgan
7 Na fernwch, fel na’ch barner: 2 Canys â pha farn y barnoch, y’ch bernir; ac â pha fesur y mesuroch, yr adfesurir i chwithau. 3 A phaham yr wyt yn edrych ar y brycheuyn sydd yn llygad dy frawd, ac nad ydwyt yn ystyried y trawst sydd yn dy lygad dy hun? 4 Neu pa fodd y dywedi wrth dy frawd, Gad imi fwrw allan y brycheuyn o’th lygad; ac wele drawst yn dy lygad dy hun? 5 O ragrithiwr, bwrw allan yn gyntaf y trawst o’th lygad dy hun; ac yna y gweli’n eglur fwrw y brycheuyn allan o lygad dy frawd.
6 Na roddwch y peth sydd sanctaidd i’r cŵn, ac na theflwch eich gemau o flaen y moch; rhag iddynt eu sathru dan eu traed, a throi a’ch rhwygo chwi.
7 Gofynnwch, a rhoddir i chwi; ceisiwch, a chwi a gewch; curwch, ac fe agorir i chwi: 8 Canys pob un sydd yn gofyn, sydd yn derbyn; a’r neb sydd yn ceisio, sydd yn cael; ac i’r hwn sydd yn curo, yr agorir. 9 Neu a oes un dyn ohonoch, yr hwn os gofyn ei fab iddo fara, a rydd iddo garreg? 10 Ac os gofyn efe bysgodyn, a ddyry efe sarff iddo? 11 Os chwychwi gan hynny, a chwi yn ddrwg, a fedrwch roddi rhoddion da i’ch plant, pa faint mwy y rhydd eich Tad yr hwn sydd yn y nefoedd bethau da i’r rhai a ofynnant iddo? 12 Am hynny pa bethau bynnag oll a ewyllysioch eu gwneuthur o ddynion i chwi, felly gwnewch chwithau iddynt hwy: canys hyn yw’r gyfraith a’r proffwydi.
13 Ewch i mewn trwy’r porth cyfyng: canys eang yw’r porth, a llydan yw’r ffordd sydd yn arwain i ddistryw; a llawer yw’r rhai sydd yn myned i mewn trwyddi: 14 Oblegid cyfyng yw’r porth, a chul yw’r ffordd, sydd yn arwain i’r bywyd; ac ychydig yw’r rhai sydd yn ei chael hi.
15 Ymogelwch rhag gau broffwydi, y rhai a ddeuant atoch yng ngwisgoedd defaid, ond oddi mewn bleiddiaid rheibus ydynt hwy. 16 Wrth eu ffrwythau yr adnabyddwch hwynt. A gasgl rhai rawnwin oddi ar ddrain, neu ffigys oddi ar ysgall? 17 Felly pob pren da sydd yn dwyn ffrwythau da; ond y pren drwg sydd yn dwyn ffrwythau drwg. 18 Ni ddichon pren da ddwyn ffrwythau drwg, na phren drwg ddwyn ffrwythau da. 19 Pob pren heb ddwyn ffrwyth da, a dorrir i lawr, ac a deflir yn tân. 20 Oherwydd paham, wrth eu ffrwythau yr adnabyddwch hwynt.
21 Nid pob un sydd yn dywedyd wrthyf, Arglwydd, Arglwydd, a ddaw i mewn i deyrnas nefoedd; ond yr hwn sydd yn gwneuthur ewyllys fy Nhad yr hwn sydd yn y nefoedd. 22 Llawer a ddywedant wrthyf yn y dydd hwnnw, Arglwydd, Arglwydd, oni phroffwydasom yn dy enw di? ac oni fwriasom allan gythreuliaid yn dy enw di? ac oni wnaethom wyrthiau lawer yn dy enw di? 23 Ac yna yr addefaf wrthynt, Nid adnabûm chwi erioed: ewch ymaith oddi wrthyf, chwi weithredwyr anwiredd.
24 Gan hynny pwy bynnag sydd yn gwrando fy ngeiriau hyn, ac yn eu gwneuthur, mi a’i cyffelybaf ef i ŵr doeth, yr hwn a adeiladodd ei dŷ ar y graig: 25 A’r glaw a ddisgynnodd, a’r llifeiriaint a ddaethant, a’r gwyntoedd a chwythasant, ac a ruthrasant ar y tŷ hwnnw; ac ni syrthiodd: oblegid sylfaenesid ef ar y graig. 26 A phob un a’r sydd yn gwrando fy ngeiriau hyn, ac heb eu gwneuthur, a gyffelybir i ŵr ffôl, yr hwn a adeiladodd ei dŷ ar y tywod: 27 A’r glaw a ddisgynnodd, a’r llifddyfroedd a ddaethant, a’r gwyntoedd a chwythasant, ac a gurasant ar y tŷ hwnnw; ac efe a syrthiodd, a’i gwymp a fu fawr. 28 A bu, wedi i’r Iesu orffen y geiriau hyn, y torfeydd a synasant wrth ei ddysgeidiaeth ef: 29 Canys yr oedd efe yn eu dysgu hwynt fel un ag awdurdod ganddo, ac nid fel yr ysgrifenyddion.
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William Morgan Welsh Bible Edition © British & Foreign Bible Society 1992.
