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Matthew 7:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, "
Matthew 7:28
Verse in Context
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26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
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Matthew 7:1
"“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged."
Matthew 7:2
"For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you."
Matthew 7:3
"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?"
Matthew 7:4
"Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?"
Matthew 7:5
"You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye."
Matthew 7:6
"“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
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