Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Judging Others
(Luke 6.37–38, 41–42)
1 “Do not judge others, so that
God will not judge you,
2 for
God will judge you in the same way
you judge others, and he will apply
to you the same rules you apply to
others. note
3 Why, then, do you look at
the speck in your brother's eye and
pay no attention to the log in your
own eye?
4 How dare you say to your
brother, ‘Please, let me take that
speck out of your eye,’ when you
have a log in your own eye?
5 You
hypocrite! First take the log out of
your own eye, and then you will be
able to see clearly to take the speck
out of your brother's eye.
6 “Do not give what is holy to
dogs—they will only turn and attack
you. Do not throw your pearls in
front of pigs—they will only trample
them underfoot.
Ask, Seek, Knock
(Luke 11.9–13)
7 “Ask, and you will receive; seek,
and you will find; knock, and the
door will be opened to you.
8 For
everyone who asks will receive, and
anyone who seeks will find, and the
door will be opened to him who
knocks. note
9 Would any of you who are
fathers give your son a stone when
he asks for bread?
10 Or would you
give him a snake when he asks for a
fish?
11 As bad as you are, you know
how to give good things to your children.
How much more, then, will
your Father in heaven give good
things to those who ask him!
12 “Do for others what you want
them to do for you: this is the meaning
of the Law of Moses and of the
teachings of the prophets. note
The Narrow Gate
(Luke 13.24)
13 “Go in through the narrow gate,
because the gate to hell is wide and
the road that leads to it is easy, and
there are many who travel it.
14 But
the gate to life is narrow and the
way that leads to it is hard, and
there are few people who find it. note
A Tree and Its Fruit
(Luke 6.43–44)
15 “Be on your guard against false
prophets; they come to you looking
like sheep on the outside, but on the
inside they are really like wild
wolves.
16 You will know them by
what they do. Thorn bushes do not
bear grapes, and briers do not bear
figs. note
17 A healthy tree bears good
fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad
fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear
good fruit.
19 And any tree that does
not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown in the fire. note
20 So then, you
will know the false prophets by what
they do. note
I Never Knew You
(Luke 13.25–27)
21 “Not everyone who calls me
‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom
of heaven, but only those who do
what my Father in heaven wants
them to do.
22 When the Judgment
Day comes, many will say to me,
-- --
‘Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke
God's message, by your name we
drove out many demons and performed
many miracles!’
23 Then I will
say to them, ‘I never knew you. Get
away from me, you wicked people!’ note
The Two House Builders
(Luke 6.47–49)
24 “So then, anyone who hears
these words of mine and obeys them
is like a wise man who built his
house on rock.
25 The rain poured
down, the rivers flooded over, and
the wind blew hard against that
house. But it did not fall, because it
was built on rock.
26 “But anyone who hears these
words of mine and does not obey
them is like a foolish man who built
his house on sand.
27 The rain poured
down, the rivers flooded over, the
wind blew hard against that house,
and it fell. And what a terrible fall
that was!”
The Authority of Jesus
28 When Jesus finished saying
these things, the crowd was amazed
at the way he taught.
29 He wasn't
like the teachers of the Law; instead,
he taught with authority. note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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