Matthew 7 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

Judging Others(Luke 6.37,38,41,42)

1Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.

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The Narrow Gate(Luke 13.24)

13 Si 15.16,17. Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.

14But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.

A Tree and Its Fruit(Luke 6.43-45)

15Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.

16Si 27.6. You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes.

17A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.

18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

19Mt 3.10; Lk 3.9. Every tree producing bad fruit will be chopped down and burned.

20Mt 12.33. You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds.

A Warning(Luke 13.26,27)

21Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in.

22On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, “We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles.”

23Ps 6.8. But I will tell them, “I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!”

Two Builders(Luke 6.47-49)

24Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.

25Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it was built on solid rock, and so it did not fall.

26Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.

27Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.

28 Mk 1.22; Lk 4.32. When Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were surprised at his teaching.

29He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses.