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Don’t Be Judgmental of Others. But Use Discernment In Your Actions Toward Others

7 “Do not be judging^[a], in order that you may not be judged. ² For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you. ³ And why do you look-at the speck in the eye of your brother, but do not consider^[b] the log in your eye? ⁴ Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Permit me to take out the speck from your eye’, and behold— the log is in your eye? ⁵ Hypocrite! First take out the log from your eye, and then you will see-clearly to take out the speck from the eye of your brother. ⁶ Do not give the holy thing to the dogs^[c], nor throw your pearls in front of the pigs, so that they will not perhaps trample them with their feet, and having turned, tear you to pieces.

Keep Pursuing What You Need From God. He Will Give You Good Things

⁷ “Be asking, and it will be given to you; be seeking, and you will find; be knocking, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened. ⁹ Or what person is there from-among you whom his son will ask-for bread— he will not give him a stone^[d], will he? ¹⁰ Or indeed he will ask-for a fish— he will not give him a snake^[e], will he? ¹¹ Therefore if you, being evil, know-how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in the heavens give good things to the ones asking Him!

Treat Others As You Yourself Want To Be Treated

¹² “Therefore, everything that you want^[f] people to be doing to you, thus also you be doing to them. For this is the Law and the Prophets.

Enter God’s Kingdom Through The Narrow Gate, Which Is Found By Few

¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad^[g] is the road leading-away to destruction— and many are the ones entering through it. ¹⁴ How narrow is the gate and constricted^[h] is the road leading-away to life— and few are the ones finding it.

Beware of False Prophets. The Nature of What They Produce Will Reveal Them

¹⁵ “Beware of the false-prophets— who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inside are ravenous^[i] wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. They do not collect grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles, do they? ¹⁷ Thus, every good tree produces good fruit, but the bad tree produces bad^[j] fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree is not able to produce bad fruit, nor is a bad tree able to produce good^[k] fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ So indeed, you will know them by their fruits.

Not Everyone Talking About God Knows Him. Only Those Doing His Will Enter His Kingdom

²¹ “Not everyone saying to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of My Father in the heavens. ²² Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast-out demons in Your name, and do many miracles^[l] in Your name?’ ²³ And then I will declare^[m] to them that ‘I never knew^[n] you. Depart from Me, ones working lawlessness’. ²⁴ Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and is doing them will be-like a wise^[o] man who built his house upon the bed-rock. ²⁵ And the rain came down, and the rivers^[p] came, and the winds blew— and they fell against that house. And it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the bed-rock. ²⁶ And everyone hearing these words of Mine and not doing them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew— and they struck-against that house. And it fell, and the falling^[q] of it was great”.

The Works of The King: Divine Power In Action

²⁸ And it came about that when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astounded^[r] at His teaching. ²⁹ For He was teaching them as One having authority, and not as their scribes. 8 ¹ And^[s] He having come down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

Because Jesus Is Willing And Able To Heal, He Heals a Man With Leprosy

² And behold— a leper having come to Him was prostrating-himself before Him, saying, “Master, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me”. ³ And having stretched-out His hand, He touched him, saying, “I am willing^[t]. Be cleansed”. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them”.

Because of a Master’s Faith, Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Servant Who Is Not Even Present

⁵ And He having entered into Capernaum, a centurion^[u] came to Him, appealing-to Him ⁶ and saying, “Master, my servant has been put in the house paralyzed, being terribly tormented”. ⁷ And He says to him, “Having come, I will^[v] cure him”. ⁸ And having responded, the centurion said, “Master, I am not fit that You should come-in under my roof. But only speak it in a word^[w] and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it”. ¹⁰ Now having heard, Jesus marveled, and said to the ones following, “Truly I say to you, with no one in Israel did I find so-great a faith! ¹¹ And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and will lie-back [to eat] with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens. ¹² But the sons of ^[x] the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. In that place, there will be the weeping and the grinding of teeth”. ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go. Let it be done for you as you believed”. And his servant was healed at that hour.

The Healings Done By Jesus Fulfill What Was Predicted of Him In Isaiah

¹⁴ And Jesus, having come into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law having been put in bed, and being sick-with-fever. ¹⁵ And He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose, and was serving Him. ¹⁶ And having become evening, they brought to Him many being demon-possessed. And He cast-out the spirits with a word and cured all the ones being ill, ¹⁷ so that the thing might be fulfilled having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet saying “He took our weaknesses^[y], and carried our diseases” [Isa 53:4].

Jesus Calls His Followers To Set Aside Earthly Goals And Limitations

¹⁸ Now Jesus, having seen a crowd around Him, gave-orders to depart to the other side. ¹⁹ And having come to Him, one scribe said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go”. ²⁰ And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man does not have^[z] a place where He may lay His head”. ²¹ And another of His disciples said to Him, “Master, permit me first to go and bury^[aa] my father”. ²² But Jesus says to him, “Be following Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead”.

Even The Winds And Sea Obey Jesus

²³ And He having gotten into the boat, His disciples followed Him. ²⁴ And behold— a great shaking took place in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves. But He was sleeping. ²⁵ And having gone to Him, they woke Him, saying, “Master, save us. We are perishing”. ²⁶ And He says to them, “Why are you afraid, ones of-little-faith?” Then having arisen, He rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm. ²⁷ And the men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this One, that^[ab] even^[ac] the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Demons Recognize Jesus As The Son of God, And Submit To His Authority Over Them

²⁸ And He having come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two men being demon-possessed met Him, coming out of the tombs. They were very violent^[ad], so that no one was strong-enough to pass through that way. ²⁹ And behold— they cried-out, saying, “What do we have to do with You^[ae], Son of God? Did You come here to torment us before the time?” ³⁰ Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them. ³¹ And the demons were begging Him, saying, “If You are casting us out, send us out into the herd of pigs”. ³² And He said to them, “Go!” And the ones, having come out, went into the pigs. And behold— the whole herd rushed down the steep-bank into the sea and died in the waters. ³³ And the ones feeding^[af] them fled. And having gone into the city, they reported everything— even the things about the ones being demon-possessed. ³⁴ And behold— the whole city came out to meet with Jesus. And having seen Him, they begged that He pass on from their districts.