Mistari Maarufu ya Biblia kutoka Mattityahu (Mat) 7

Shirikisha

“Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who keeps asking receives; he who keeps seeking finds; and to him who keeps knocking, the door will be opened.

“So, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on bedrock.

“Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.

but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

“Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it

So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will your Father in heaven keep giving good things to those who keep asking him!

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. For the way you judge others is how you will be judged — the measure with which you measure out will be used to measure to you.

But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.

Why do you see the splinter in your brother’s eye but not notice the log in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ when you have the log in your own eye?

“Beware of the false prophets! They come to you wearing sheep’s clothing, but underneath they are hungry wolves! You will recognize them by their fruit. Can people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

Likewise, every healthy tree produces good fruit, but a poor tree produces bad fruit.

A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, or a poor tree good fruit.

Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire!