Introducing the Unitarian Standard Version Bible
References Used in the Unitarian Standard Version
Read Matthew 1 and 2 here...Read Matthew 3 here...Read Matthew 4 here...Read Matthew 5 here...Read Matthew 6 here
Textual changes are underlined.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For
with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you. 3 And why
beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother`s eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt
thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine
eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite,
cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother`s eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they
trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
7 Keep asking (a), and it
shall be given you; keep seeking, and ye shall find; keep
knocking, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one
asking receiveth; and he that is seeking findeth; and to him
that is knocking it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of
you, who, when his son shall ask him for a loaf, will
give him a stone; 10 or when he shall ask for a fish,
will give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your
Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do
unto you, even so do ye also unto them(b): for this is
the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in through the narrow gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many are they that enter in through it. 14 For
narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto
life, and few are they that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you
in sheep`s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 16 By
their fruits (c) ye shall know them. Do [men] gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth
forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can
a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the
fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who
is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out
demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
24 Every one therefore that heareth these
words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man,
who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And
every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon
the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and
the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and
great was the fall thereof.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had
finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his
teaching: 29 for he taught them as [one] having authority(d),
and not as their scribes.
Footnotes
(a) In the original language the
terms ask, seek, and knock are/were intended to mean a
continuous acts versus a one-time act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_7:7–8.
See also Williams NT, Capel,
Buzzard, Barclay, International English Bible and the NWT
(b) The Golden Rule. "What you hate,
do not do to others." Tobit 4:15
(c) Sirach 27:6
(d) JW: He spoke, not of himself, or in his own name,
but as he had heard from the Father, and as He had commanded him
to speak, John 7:16; 17:18; 8:28; 12:49; 14:10. Others interpret
the words thus: “He spoke as a prophet, having authority from
God to deliver his message to them."
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