Judging Others

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

Settle with Your Accuser

“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.