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Matthew 7:1-23 (CEV)

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¹ Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you. ² God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them. ³ You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye. ⁴ How can you say, "My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye," when you don't see the log in your own eye? ⁵ You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye. ⁶ Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them. ⁷ Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. ⁸ Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks. ⁹ Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? ¹⁰ Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish? ¹¹ As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask. ¹² Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets are all about. ¹³ 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. ¹⁴ But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it. ¹⁵ Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you. ¹⁶ You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. ¹⁷ A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that produces bad fruit will be chopped down and burned. ²⁰ You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds. ²¹ Not 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. ²² On 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." ²³ But I will tell them, "I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!"


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 7) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Seek, Ask, and Knock – it will be yours
(v. 7) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Seek and you will find
(v. 7) Prayer - Ask and it will be given to you
(v. 8) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Seek and you will find
(v. 8) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Seek, Ask, and Knock – it will be yours
(v. 8) Prayer - Ask and it will be given to you
(v. 9) Prayer - Father knows how to give good gifts
(v. 10) Prayer - Father knows how to give good gifts
(v. 11) Prayer - Father knows how to give good gifts
(v. 13) Salvation / Eternal Life - Small gate and narrow road that leads to life
(v. 14) Salvation / Eternal Life - Small gate and narrow road that leads to life
(v. 21) Obedience - Many will say Lord, Lord "I never knew you"
(v. 21) Lordship - Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven
(v. 22) Obedience - Many will say Lord, Lord "I never knew you"
(v. 23) Obedience - Many will say Lord, Lord "I never knew you"

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 1) Should we judge of others?
(v. 8) Can God be found by those who seek Him or not? He who seeks finds

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 1) (2010-01-27)
(v. 1) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 2) Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 1) (2010-01-27)
(v. 2) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 3) Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 1) (2010-01-27)
(v. 3) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 4) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 4) Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 1) (2010-01-27)
(v. 5) Purpose Driven Life - Restoring Broken Fellowship (2008-06-13)
(v. 5) Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 1) (2010-01-27)
(v. 5) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 6) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 2) (2010-04-02)
(v. 6) Followup - Evangelism Tact (2011-01-17)
(v. 6) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 7) Kingdom First - So Much More (2010-01-29)
(v. 7) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 7) Desire's Journey - An Invitation to Desire (2010-05-19)
(v. 7) Contagious Christian - Breaking Barriers to Belief (part I) (2010-11-20)
(v. 7) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 7) Teach Us To Pray - Hungry and Thirsty (part 2) (2008-09-01)
(v. 8) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 8) Teach Us To Pray - Hungry and Thirsty (part 2) (2008-09-01)
(v. 8) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 8) Kingdom First - So Much More (2010-01-29)
(v. 9) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 9) Kingdom First - So Much More (2010-01-29)
(v. 10) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 10) Kingdom First - So Much More (2010-01-29)
(v. 11) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 11) Kingdom First - So Much More (2010-01-29)
(v. 12) First the Kingdom - Building with Gold (part 1) (2010-02-04)
(v. 12) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 13) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 13) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 13) First the Kingdom - One-Lane Road (part 1) (2010-02-06)
(v. 13) Renewing of your Mind (part II) (2012-03-19)
(v. 14) Waking Dead - Guided (2010-08-27)
(v. 14) First the Kingdom - One-Lane Road (part 1) (2010-02-06)
(v. 14) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 14) Renewing of your Mind (part II) (2012-03-19)
(v. 14) Genesis 3 - The Fall of Man (2011-10-03)
(v. 14) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 15) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 15) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 16) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 16) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 16) Purpose Driven Life - Real Servants (part 1) (2008-07-01)
(v. 16) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 17) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 17) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 17) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 18) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 18) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 18) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 19) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 19) First the Kingdom - Trees (part 3) (2010-02-10)
(v. 19) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 19) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 20) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 20) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 20) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 21) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 21) Counting the Cost (part II) (2011-02-26)
(v. 21) Contagious Christian - Making the Message Clear (part II) (2010-11-17)
(v. 21) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 21) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 21) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 6) (2010-04-06)
(v. 22) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 22) Counting the Cost (part II) (2011-02-26)
(v. 22) Contagious Christian - Making the Message Clear (part II) (2010-11-17)
(v. 22) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 22) Waking Dead - Point of all Living (2010-08-18)
(v. 22) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 22) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 6) (2010-04-06)
(v. 23) No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 3) (2009-05-27)
(v. 23) Counting the Cost (part II) (2011-02-26)
(v. 23) Master Plan - Reproduction (part 2) (2009-12-15)
(v. 23) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 6) (2010-04-06)
(v. 23) Waking Dead - Guided (2010-08-27)
(v. 23) Waking Dead - Point of all Living (2010-08-18)
(v. 23) Why Jesus Came (part 2) (2010-06-13)
(v. 23) Contagious Christian - Making the Message Clear (part II) (2010-11-17)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 1) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 2) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 3) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 4) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 5) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 6) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 7) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 8) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 9) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 10) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 11) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 12) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 12) Devotional: Encouragement - Lesson 2 (2008-12-12)
(v. 13) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 14) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 15) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 16) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 17) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 18) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 19) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 20) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 21) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 21) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 22) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 22) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 23) Bible Talk: Warnings (2006-04-20)
(v. 23) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)

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