Matthew 7:13-24
Tree of Life Version
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
Judging the Fruit
15 “Watch out for false prophets,[a] who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes aren’t gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, are they? 17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, and drive out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’”[b]
Building on a Firm Foundation
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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- Matthew 7:15 cf. Deut. 18:20-22; Isa. 28:7-13; Jer. 5:30-31; 6:13-15; 14:13-15; Ezek. 13; Mic. 3:5-8.
- Matthew 7:23 cf. Ps. 6:9(8).
ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:13-24
SBL Greek New Testament
13 Εἰσέλθατε διὰ τῆς στενῆς πύλης· ὅτι πλατεῖα [a]ἡ πύλη καὶ εὐρύχωρος ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ἀπώλειαν, καὶ πολλοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰσερχόμενοι δι’ αὐτῆς· 14 [b]ὅτι στενὴ ἡ πύλη καὶ τεθλιμμένη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ζωήν, καὶ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν οἱ εὑρίσκοντες αὐτήν.
15 [c]Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασι προβάτων ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσιν λύκοι ἅρπαγες. 16 ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν [d]σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα; 17 οὕτως πᾶν δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖ, τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖ· 18 οὐ δύναται δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς πονηροὺς [e]ποιεῖν, οὐδὲ δένδρον σαπρὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖν. 19 πᾶν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν ἐκκόπτεται καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται. 20 ἄρα γε ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς.
21 Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι· Κύριε κύριε εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀλλ’ ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν [f]τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. 22 πολλοὶ ἐροῦσίν μοι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ· Κύριε κύριε, οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι ἐπροφητεύσαμεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δαιμόνια ἐξεβάλομεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δυνάμεις πολλὰς ἐποιήσαμεν; 23 καὶ τότε ὁμολογήσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι Οὐδέποτε ἔγνων ὑμᾶς· ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν.
24 Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ ποιεῖ αὐτούς, [g]ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησεν [h]αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:13 ἡ πύλη Treg NIV RP ] – WH
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:14 ὅτι WH ] ὅτι δὲ NIV; τί Treg RP NA
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:15 Προσέχετε WH NIV ] + δὲ Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:16 σταφυλὰς WH Treg NIV ] σταφυλήν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:18 ποιεῖν Treg NIV RP ] ἐνεγκεῖν WH
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:21 τοῖς WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:24 ὁμοιωθήσεται WH Treg NIV ] ὁμοιώσω αὐτὸν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:24 αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν WH Treg NIV ] τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ RP
Matthew 7:28-29
Tree of Life Version
28 Now when Yeshua had finished these words, the crowds were astounded at His teaching, 29 for He was teaching them as one having authority and not as their Torah scholars.
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:28-29
SBL Greek New Testament
28 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε [a]ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς λόγους τούτους, ἐξεπλήσσοντο οἱ ὄχλοι ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ· 29 ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς [b]αὐτῶν.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:28 ἐτέλεσεν WH Treg NIV ] συνετέλεσεν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 7:29 αὐτῶν WH Treg NIV ] – RP
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