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- "Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
- For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
- How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
- You hypocrite, first take the plank 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 judge so that you will not be judged.
- "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
- "Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
- "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye?
- "You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
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- "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
- For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
- "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
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- "Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
- "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
- "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
- "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?
- "Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
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- If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
- So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
- "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
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- "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
- "In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
- "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
- "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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