Berean Study

◄ Matthew 7 ►
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Do Not Judge
(Luke 6:37-42; Romans 14:1-12)
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Do not judge, or you will be judged.

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For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

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You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

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Ask, Seek, Knock
(Luke 11:5-13)
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Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

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So if you who are evil 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!

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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

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The Narrow Gate
(Luke 13:22-30)
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Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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A Tree and its Fruit
(Matthew 12:33-37; Luke 6:43-45)
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Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

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By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

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Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

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Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

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Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

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Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

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Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

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The House on the Rock
(Luke 6:46-49)
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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

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But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

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The Authority of Jesus
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

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because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

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