Matthew 7:2

for in what doom ye deem, ye shall be deemed, and in what measure ye mete, it shall be meted again to you. (for with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged, and by what measure ye measure, it shall be measured unto you.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

In Context

1Do not ye deem, that ye be not deemed; (Do not judge, so that ye be not judged;)

3But what seest thou a little mote in the eye of thy brother (or And why seest thou a little speck in thy brother’s eye), and seest not a beam in thine own eye?

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Cross References

Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Judges 5:27He felled betwixt her feet, (and) he failed, and died; he was weltered before her feet, and he lay without life, and wretchedful.

Psalms 18:25With the holy, thou shalt be holy; and with an innocent man, thou shalt be innocent. (With the holy, O Lord, thou shalt be holy; and with the innocent, thou shalt be innocent.)

Jeremiah 51:24And I shall yield, saith the Lord, to Babylon, and to all the dwellers of Chaldea, all their evil, which they did in Zion, before your eyes. (And I shall yield recompense, saith the Lord, to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, for all their evil, which they did in Zion, before your eyes.)

Mark 4:24And he said to them, See ye what ye hear. In what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you again, and it shall be cast to you (or By which measure ye measure, it shall be measured unto you again, yea, it shall be thrown unto you).

2 Corinthians 9:6For I say this thing, he that soweth scarcely, shall also reap scarcely; and he that soweth in blessings, shall reap also of blessings.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:2-7

The Sermon on the Mount. 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 to you again. 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 pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly… Read the whole commentary →

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