Matthew 7:7-8:4

New King James Version

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking^(A)

^7 (B)“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For ^(C)everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ^9 (D)Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ If you then, ^(E)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! ¹² Therefore, ^(F)whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for ^(G)this is the Law and the Prophets.

The Narrow Way^(H)

^13 (I)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ^14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and ^[b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits^(J)

^15 (K)“Beware of false prophets, ^(L)who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ^16 (M)You will know them by their fruits. ^(N)Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, ^(O)every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ^19 (P)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

I Never Knew You^(Q)

²¹ “Not everyone who says to Me, ^(R)‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who ^(S)does the will of My Father in heaven. ²² Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we ^(T)not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ ²³ And ^(U)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ^(V)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Build on the Rock^(W)

²⁴ “Therefore ^(X)whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: ²⁵ and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

²⁶ “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: ²⁷ and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

²⁸ And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that ^(Y)the people were astonished at His teaching, ^29 (Z)for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper^(AA)

8 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. ^2 (AB)And behold, a leper came and ^(AC)worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

³ Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy ^(AD)was cleansed.

⁴ And Jesus said to him, ^(AE)“See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that ^(AF)Moses ^(AG)commanded, as a testimony to them.”