Judging Others
(Luke 6:37–42; Romans 14:1–12)
“Do not judge, or you will be judged. Luk 6:37Rom 2:1-2Jas 4:11-12Luk 6:41Rom 14:10-13Mat 7:51Co 4:3-5Rom 14:3-4 For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Jas 2:13Mrk 4:24Luk 6:38Oba 1:15Psa 18:25-26Rev 18:62Co 9:62Th 1:6-7
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? Jhn 8:7-9Gal 6:1Luk 6:41-422Sa 12:5-6Luk 18:11Psa 50:16-212Ch 28:9-10 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Luk 6:42Psa 51:9-13Mat 23:13-28Luk 13:15Luk 4:23Mat 22:18Luk 12:56Act 19:15
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. Pro 9:7-8Pro 23:9Mat 10:14-15Pro 26:11Mat 15:26Act 13:45-47Php 3:2Heb 10:29
Ask, Seek, Knock
(Luke 11:5–13)
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Mat 21:221Jn 3:22Jhn 15:7Mrk 11:24Psa 145:18-19Jer 33:3Mat 6:33Jer 29:12-13 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Psa 81:10Psa 81:16Luk 23:42-43Mat 15:22-28Act 9:112Ch 33:19Jhn 3:8-10Jhn 2:2
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Luk 11:11-13 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Luk 11:11-13Jas 1:17Rom 8:32Psa 84:11Isa 49:15Jhn 3:16Psa 86:15Eph 2:1-5
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets. Luk 6:31Rom 13:8-10Gal 5:13-14Lev 19:18Mrk 12:29-34Mat 22:39-40Mic 6:8Zec 8:16-17
The Narrow Gate
(Luke 13:22–30)
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Luk 13:24-25Pro 16:25Jhn 14:6Jhn 10:9Isa 55:7Pro 9:6Gal 5:24Ezk 18:27-32 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Luk 13:23-30Mat 22:14Mat 16:24-25Rom 12:2Isa 35:8Mrk 8:34Pro 8:20Act 14:22
A Tree and Its Fruit
(Luke 6:43–45)
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 1Jn 4:12Pe 2:1-3Mat 24:11Act 20:29-31Mrk 13:22-23Deu 13:1-3Col 2:82Co 11:13-15 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Luk 6:43-45Jas 3:12Mat 12:33Mat 7:202Pe 2:10-18Jud 1:10-19 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Mat 12:33-35Gal 5:22-24Eph 5:9Psa 1:3Col 1:10Psa 92:13-14Jer 17:8Luk 13:6-9 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Gal 5:171Jn 3:9-10 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Mat 3:10Heb 6:8Jhn 15:2-6Luk 3:9Jud 1:12Luk 13:6-9Isa 27:11Isa 5:5-7 So then, by their fruit you will recognize them. Mat 7:16Act 5:38
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Rom 2:13Luk 6:46Jas 1:22Luk 11:28Tit 1:16Heb 4:6Mat 25:11-12Jhn 6:40 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Luk 13:25-271Co 13:1-2Mal 3:17-18Act 19:13-15Heb 6:4-62Ti 1:122Ti 4:8Jhn 11:51
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Mat 25:41Psa 6:8Luk 13:25Luk 13:27Mat 25:12Jhn 10:14Jhn 10:27-30Rev 22:15
The House on the Rock
(Luke 6:46–49)
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Luk 6:47-49Jhn 13:17Luk 11:281Co 3:10-11Jas 2:17-261Jn 2:3Psa 111:101Jn 3:22-24 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. Jas 1:12Psa 125:1-21Pe 1:7Col 2:71Pe 1:51Co 3:13-15Act 14:22Psa 92:13-15
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. Jer 8:9Luk 6:49Jas 2:20Pro 14:11Sa 2:30 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” 1Co 3:13Mat 13:19-222Pe 2:20-22Heb 10:26-31Mat 12:43-45Ezk 13:10-16
The Authority of Jesus
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, Luk 4:32Mrk 1:22Jhn 7:46Mrk 6:2Luk 4:22Jhn 7:15Mat 13:53-54Mat 22:33 because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. Heb 4:12-13Isa 50:4Luk 20:8Deu 18:18-19Luk 20:46-47Act 3:22-23Act 6:10Ecc 8:4