Matthew 7(ESV) Judging Others "Judge not, that you be not judged.2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, andwith the measure you use it will be measured to you.3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, butdo not notice the log that is in your own eye?4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there...

Matthew 6(ESV) Giving to the Needy "Beware ofpracticing your righteousness before other people in orderto be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2"Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they maybe praised by others. Truly, I say to you,...

Matthew 5(ESV) The Sermon on the Mount Seeing the crowds,he went up on the mountain, and when hesat down, his disciples came to him. The Beatitudes 2Andhe opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3"Blessed arethe poor in spirit, fortheirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4"Blessed arethose who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5"Blessed are themeek, for theyshall inheri...

Matthew 4(ESV) The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wildernessto be tempted by the devil.2And after fastingforty days and forty nights, hewas hungry.3Andthe tempter came and said to him, "If you arethe Son of God, commandthese stones to become loaves of bread."4But he answered,"It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone,but by...

Matthew 3(ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way In those daysJohn the Baptist came preaching inthe wilderness of Judea,2"Repent, forthe kingdom of heaven is at hand."[a]3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:'Prepare[b]the way of the Lord;make his paths straight.'" 4Now John worea garment ...

Matthew 2(ESV) The Visit of the Wise Men Nowafter Jesus was born inBethlehem of Judeain the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men[a]fromthe east came to Jerusalem,2saying, "Where is he who has been bornking of the Jews? For we sawhis star when it rose[b]and have come toworship him."3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;4and ass...

Matthew 1(ESV) The Genealogy of Jesus Christ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,the son of David,the son of Abraham. 2Abraham was the father of Isaac, andIsaac the father of Jacob, andJacob the father of Judah and his brothers,3andJudah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[a]4and Ram the father of...

Revelation 22(ESV) The River of Life Then the angel[a]showed methe river ofthe water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb2through the middle ofthe street of the city;also, on either side of the river,the tree of life[b]with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree werefor the healing of the...

Revelation 21(ESV) The New Heaven and the New Earth Then I sawa new heaven and a new earth, forthe first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.2And I sawthe holy city,new Jerusalem,coming down out of heaven from God,preparedas a bride adorned for her husband.3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold,the dwelling place[a]of ...

Revelation 20(ESV) The Thousand Years Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven,holding in his hand the key tothe bottomless pit[a]and a great chain.2And he seizedthe dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, andbound him for a thousand years,3and threw him intothe pit, and shut it andsealed it over him, so thathe might not deceive the nations any lon...