Matthieu 7
La Bible du Semeur
La vraie religion(A)
7 Ne condamnez pas les autres, pour ne pas être vous-mêmes condamnés. 2 Car vous serez condamnés vous-mêmes de la manière dont vous aurez condamné autrui, et on vous appliquera la mesure dont vous vous serez servis pour mesurer les autres.
3 Pourquoi vois-tu les grains de sciure dans l’œil de ton frère, alors que tu ne remarques pas la poutre qui est dans le tien ? 4 Comment oses-tu dire à ton frère : « Laisse-moi enlever cette sciure de ton œil », alors qu’il y a une poutre dans le tien ? 5 Hypocrite ! Commence donc par retirer la poutre de ton œil ; alors tu y verras assez clair pour ôter la sciure de l’œil de ton frère.
6 Gardez-vous de donner aux chiens ce qui est sacré, et ne jetez pas vos perles devant les porcs, de peur qu’ils piétinent vos perles et que les chiens se retournent contre vous pour vous déchirer.
(Lc 11.9-13)
7 Demandez, et vous recevrez ; cherchez, et vous trouverez ; frappez, et l’on vous ouvrira. 8 Car celui qui demande reçoit ; celui qui cherche trouve ; et l’on ouvre à celui qui frappe.
9 Qui de vous donnera un caillou à son fils quand celui-ci lui demande du pain ? 10 Ou bien, s’il lui demande un poisson, lui donnera-t-il un serpent ? 11 Si donc, tout mauvais que vous êtes, vous savez donner de bonnes choses à vos enfants, à combien plus forte raison votre Père céleste donnera-t-il de bonnes choses à ceux qui les lui demandent.
(Lc 6.31)
12 Faites pour les autres tout ce que vous voudriez qu’ils fassent pour vous, car c’est là tout l’enseignement de la Loi et des prophètes.
(Lc 13.24)
13 Entrez par la porte étroite ; en effet, large est la porte et spacieuse la route qui mènent à la perdition. Nombreux sont ceux qui s’y engagent. 14 Mais étroite est la porte et resserré le sentier qui mènent à la vie ! Qu’ils sont peu nombreux ceux qui les trouvent !
(Lc 6.43-44)
15 Gardez-vous des faux prophètes ! Lorsqu’ils vous abordent, ils se donnent l’apparence d’agneaux mais, en réalité, ce sont des loups féroces. 16 Vous les reconnaîtrez à leurs fruits. Est-ce que l’on cueille des raisins sur des buissons d’épines ou des figues sur des ronces ?
17 Ainsi, un bon arbre porte de bons fruits, un mauvais arbre produit de mauvais fruits. 18 Un bon arbre ne peut pas porter de mauvais fruits, ni un mauvais arbre de bons fruits. 19 Tout arbre qui ne donne pas de bons fruits est arraché et jeté au feu. 20 Ainsi donc, c’est à leurs fruits que vous les reconnaîtrez.
Appliquer l’enseignement reçu(B)
21 Pour entrer dans le royaume des cieux, il ne suffit pas de me dire : « Seigneur ! Seigneur ! », il faut accomplir la volonté de mon Père céleste. 22 Au jour du jugement, nombreux sont ceux qui me diront : « Seigneur ! Seigneur ! Nous avons prophétisé en ton nom, nous avons chassé des démons en ton nom, nous avons fait beaucoup de miracles en ton nom. » 23 Je leur déclarerai alors : « Je ne vous ai jamais connus ! Allez-vous-en, vous qui pratiquez le mal ! »
(Lc 6.47-49)
24 C’est pourquoi, celui qui écoute ce que je dis et qui l’applique, ressemble à un homme sensé qui a bâti sa maison sur le roc. 25 Il a plu à verse, les fleuves ont débordé, les vents ont soufflé avec violence, ils se sont déchaînés contre cette maison : elle ne s’est pas effondrée, car ses fondations reposaient sur le roc. 26 Mais celui qui écoute mes paroles sans faire ce que je dis, ressemble à un homme assez fou pour construire sa maison sur le sable. 27 Il a plu à verse, les fleuves ont débordé, les vents ont soufflé avec violence, ils se sont déchaînés contre cette maison : elle s’est effondrée et sa ruine a été complète.
28 Quand Jésus eut fini de parler, les foules étaient profondément impressionnées par son enseignement. 29 Car il parlait avec une autorité que n’avaient pas leurs spécialistes de la Loi.
Matthew 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do Not Judge
7 “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.(A) 2 For with the judgment you use,[a] you will be judged, and with the measure you use,[b] it will be measured to you.(B) 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye?(C) 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your eye? 5 Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. 6 Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs,(D) or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
Keep Asking, Searching, Knocking
7 “Keep asking,[c](E) and it will be given to you.(F) Keep searching,[d] and you will find. Keep knocking,[e] and the door[f] will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds,(G) and to the one who knocks, the door[g] will be opened. 9 What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you then, who are evil,(H) know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets.[h](I)
Entering the Kingdom
13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(J) For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction,(K) and there are many who go through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
15 “Beware of false prophets(L) who come to you in sheep’s(M) clothing(N) but inwardly are ravaging wolves.(O) 16 You’ll recognize them by their fruit.(P) Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?(Q) 17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.(R) 20 So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.(S)
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,(T) but only the one who does the will(U) of My Father in heaven.(V) 22 On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons(W) in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’(X) 23 Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!’[i](Y)[j]
The Two Foundations
24 “Therefore,(Z) everyone who hears these words(AA) of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!”
28 When Jesus had finished this sermon,[k](AB) the crowds were astonished at His teaching,(AC) 29 because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
Footnotes
- Matthew 7:2 Lit you judge
- Matthew 7:2 Lit you measure
- Matthew 7:7 Or Ask
- Matthew 7:7 Or Search
- Matthew 7:7 Or Knock
- Matthew 7:7 Lit and it
- Matthew 7:8 Lit knocks, it
- Matthew 7:12 When capitalized, the Law and the Prophets = the OT
- Matthew 7:23 Lit you who work lawlessness
- Matthew 7:23 Ps 6:8
- Matthew 7:28 Lit had ended these words
Matthew 7
New King James Version
Do Not Judge(A)
7 “Judge[a] (B)not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what [b]judgment you judge, you will be judged; (C)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 (D)And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6 (E)“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(F)
7 (G)“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For (H)everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 (I)Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, (J)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 those who ask Him! 12 Therefore, (K)whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for (L)this is the Law and the Prophets.
The Narrow Way(M)
13 (N)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [c]Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
You Will Know Them by Their Fruits(O)
15 (P)“Beware of false prophets, (Q)who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 (R)You will know them by their fruits. (S)Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, (T)every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 (U)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
I Never Knew You(V)
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, (W)‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who (X)does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we (Y)not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And (Z)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (AA)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Build on the Rock(AB)
24 “Therefore (AC)whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that (AD)the people were astonished at His teaching, 29 (AE)for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Footnotes
- Matthew 7:1 Condemn
- Matthew 7:2 Condemnation
- Matthew 7:14 NU, M How narrow . . . !
- Matthew 7:14 confined
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