Day 3 of 90

Matt 7:1–9:38

7:1 "Do not judge, so that you won't be judged.

7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

7:3 And why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the log that is in your own eye?

7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the log is in your own eye?

7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the log out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

7:6 "Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

7:7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

7:10 Or if he will ask for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

7:11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

7:12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

7:13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

7:14 How narrow is the gate, and difficult is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

7:18 A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

7:19 Every tree that does not grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

7:22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did not we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

7:23 And then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

7:24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, will be compared to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

7:25 And the rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

7:26 And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

7:27 And the rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell-and great was its fall."

7:28 And it happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

7:29 for he taught them with authority, and not like their scribes.

8:1 And when he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

8:2 And behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

8:3 And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

8:4 And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

8:5 And when he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

8:6 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."

8:7 And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."

8:8 And the centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

8:9 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

8:10 And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Truly I tell you, I have not found so great a faith with anyone in Israel.

8:11 And I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

8:12 but the sons of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed in that hour.

8:14 And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.

8:15 So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

8:16 And when evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

8:18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

8:19 Then a scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

8:20 And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

8:21 And another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

8:22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

8:23 And when he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

8:24 And behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

8:25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"

8:26 And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

8:27 And the men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

8:28 And when he came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

8:29 And behold, they shouted, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

8:30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

8:31 And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."

8:32 And he said to them, "Go!" And they came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

8:33 And those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

8:34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

9:1 And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.

9:2 And behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven."

9:3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."

9:4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

9:5 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'

9:6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."

9:7 And he arose and departed to his house.

9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

9:9 And as Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

9:10 And it happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

9:12 When he heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

9:13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

9:14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

9:15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

9:16 And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

9:17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

9:18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

9:19 And Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.

9:20 And behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

9:21 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

9:24 he said, "Make room, because the girl is not dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.

9:25 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

9:26 And the report of this went out into all that land.

9:27 And as Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"

9:28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."

9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."

9:30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."

9:31 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

9:32 And as they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.

9:33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

9:34 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."

9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

9:38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."