Mistari Maarufu ya Biblia kutoka Matthew 7

Shirikisha

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find. The door will be opened to the one who knocks.

“So then, everyone who hears my words and puts them into practice is like a wise man. He builds his house on the rock.

In everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you. This is what is written in the Law and in the Prophets.

But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to life. Only a few people find it.

“Enter God’s kingdom through the narrow gate. The gate is large and the road is wide that leads to ruin. Many people go that way.

Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

“Do not judge other people. Then you will not be judged. You will be judged in the same way you judge others. You will be measured in the same way you measure others.

But everyone who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man. He builds his house on sand.

“You look at the bit of sawdust in your friend’s eye. But you pay no attention to the piece of wood in your own eye. How can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take the bit of sawdust out of your eye’? How can you say this while there is a piece of wood in your own eye?

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you pretending to be sheep. But on the inside they are hungry wolves. You can tell each tree by its fruit. Do people pick grapes from bushes? Do they pick figs from thorns?

In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit. But a bad tree bears bad fruit.

A good tree can’t bear bad fruit. And a bad tree can’t bear good fruit.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down. It is thrown into the fire.