Matthew 7:1

Do Not Judge

7:1 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. ¹ 

Matthew 7:20

7:20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

Matthew 10:12

10:12 As you enter the house, give it greetings. ² 

Matthew 11:23

11:23 And you, Capernaum, ³  will you be exalted to heaven? ⁴  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ⁵  For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Matthew 13:51

13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.”

Matthew 15:7

15:7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Matthew 21:32

21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although ⁶  you saw this, you did not later change your minds ⁷  and believe him.

Matthew 23:11

23:11 The ⁸  greatest among you will be your servant.

Matthew 23:13

23:13 “But woe to you, experts in the law ⁹  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! ¹⁰  You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! ¹¹  For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Matthew 23:38

23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate!

Matthew 24:4

24:4 Jesus answered them, ¹²  “Watch out ¹³  that no one misleads you.

Matthew 24:25

24:25 Remember, ¹⁴  I have told you ahead of time.

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¹ sn The point of the statement do not judge so that you will not be judged is that the standards we apply to others God applies to us. The passive verbs in this verse look to God’s action.

² tn This is a metonymy; the “house” is put for those who live in it.

³ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2.

⁴ tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

⁵ sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷ sn The word translated change your minds is the same verb used in v. 29 (there translated had a change of heart). Jesus is making an obvious comparison here, in which the religious leaders are viewed as the disobedient son.

⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁹ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹⁰ tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so throughout this chapter).

¹¹ tn Grk “because you are closing the kingdom of heaven before people.”

¹² tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

¹³ tn Or “Be on guard.”

¹⁴ tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”