Avoiding Judgments
Matt 7:1-5 Mark
4:24-25 Luke 6:37-42 |
Matthew 7
1 JUDGE not, that you be not
judged. 2 For in what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and in what
measure you measured, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why see the mote
that is in your brother’s eye: and the beam that is in your own eye you see
not? 4 Or how you say to your brother, Let me cast out the mote of your eye:
and behold a beam is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out
of your own eye, and then shall you see to cast out the mote out of your
brothers eye.
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Mark
4
24 And he said unto them, See what you hear. In what measure
you measure, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you.
25 For he that has, to him shall be given: and he that has not, that also which
he has shall be taken away from him.
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Luke
6
37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and
you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven. 38 Give, and
there shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together
and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure
that you do measure, it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he said to them
a similitude also: Can the blind lead the blind? Do not both fall into the
ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but everyone shall be perfect,
if he be as his master. 41 And why see the mote in your brother's eye: but the
beam that is in your own eye you consider not? 42 Or how can you say to your
brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote out of your eye: yourself not seeing
the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of your own eye,
and then shall you see clearly to take forth the mote out of your brother's
eye.
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Maldonatus It has been said that we should not look critically for a
connection in the sayings of the Evangelists, for they did not care to record
events in the order in which they occurred or were spoken of by Christ. This
must be especially observed in regard to those assemblies in which they do not
relate all the sayings of Christ, nor the order in which He spoke them, but are
content to give the heads of His teaching. If we may offer a conjecture from
the resemblance of the argument, it is probable that the contents of this
chapter were not delivered in a general assembly of the people, but in the
private address to the Apostles mentioned by S. Matthew (v.), and they are to
be taken with verse 48 of that chapter. In this way verse agrees with verse,
and word with word; and, moreover, S. Luke (vi. 36, 37) so connects them…
And with what measure you mete. S. Luke (vi.
38) seems to say that we shall have meted to us, not the same measure as we
have given to others, but a greater. Each statement is true.
Weaved
Together Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that
you be not judged: Luke 6:37b condemn not, that you be not condemned: Luke 6:38
forgive, and it shall be forgiven you: release, and you shall be released:
give, that you may be given unto; with good measure, abundant, full, they shall
thrust into your bosoms. Mark 4:24b With what measure ye measure it shall be
measured to you. See to it what ye hear: with what measure ye measure it shall
be measured to you; and you shall be given more. Mark 4:25 I say unto those
that hear, He that has shall be given unto; and he that has not, that which he
regards as his shall be taken from him. Luke 6:39 And he spoke unto them a
parable, Can a blind man haply guide a blind man? shall they not both fall into
a hollow? Luke 6:40 A disciple is not better than his master; every perfect man
shall be as his master. Luke 6:41 Why do you look at the mote which is in the
eye of your brother, but considerest not the column that is in your own eye?
Luke 6:42 Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, I will take out the mote
from your eye; and the column which is in your eye you see not? You hypocrite,
take out first the column from your eye; and then shall you see to take out the
mote from the eye of your brother.
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On Profaning the Holy
Matt 7:6
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6 Give not that which is holy to
dogs: neither cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they tread them with
their feet, and turning, all to tear you.
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Power of Prayer
Matt 7:7-11 Luke 11:9-13
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Matthew 7
7 Ask, and it shall be given you:
seek, and you shall find, knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 For everyone
that asks, receives: and that seeks, finds: and to him that knocks, it shall be
opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his child shall ask for bread,
will he reach him a stone? 10 Or if he shall ask him for fish, will he reach
him a serpent? 11 If you then being naughty, know how to give good gifts to
your children: how much more will your Father which is in heaven give good
things to them that ask him?
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Luke
11
9 And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek,
and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10 For every one that
asks, receives: and he that seeks, finds: and to him that knocks, it shall be
opened. 11 And which of you if he asks his father for bread, will he give him a
stone? Or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he asks for
an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? 13 If you then being naught, know how to
give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven
give the good spirit to them that ask him?
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Lapide Luke
11:12—Or if he shall ask an egg. This verse is omitted by St. Matthew.
St.
Remigius And be it known that where
Matthew 7:11 says, “He shall give good things,” Luke has, “shall give his Holy
Spirit.” [Luke 11:13] But this ought not to seem contrary, because all the good
things which man receives from God, are given by the grace of the Holy Spirit.
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The Golden Rule
Matt 7:12 Luke 6:31
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Matthew 7
12 All things therefore
whatsoever you will that men do to you do you also to them. For this is the Law
and the Prophets.
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Luke
6
31 And according as you desire that men do to you, you do
also to them in like manner.
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McEvilly The connection of this verse
is traced by Maldonatus to 5:42. Besides being easily connected and aptly
fitted together in sense, St. Luke, who probably observed the order and
connection in which our Redeemer spoke, connects them immediately (6: 31).
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Obstacles of Virtue
Matt 7:13-14 Luke 13:23-24
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Matthew 7
13 Enter by the narrow gate:
because broad is the gate, and large is the way that leads to perdition, and
many there be that enter by it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the
way that leads to life: and few there are that find it!
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Luke
13
23 And a certain man said to him, Lord, be they few that are
saved? But he said to them, 24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate: because
many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.
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Lapide Matt
7:13 has Enter ye in at the strait gate, Whereas
S. Luke has (13: 24), Strive to enter in at the strait gate, where for strive,
the Greek has α̉γωνίζεσθε.( Com. Mt.) Luke 13:23.says,Then said one unto Him, Lord, are there few that be
saved? Christ answered in the affirmative that few should be saved, as S. Luke
signifies and S. Matt. plainly states, 7:14. (Com Lk.)
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People are to be
Judged By Their Deeds
Matt 7:15-20 Luke 6:43-45
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Matthew 7
15 Take great heed of false
prophets, which come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly are ravening
wolves. 16 By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree yields good fruits,
and the evil tree yields evil fruits. 18 A good tree
cannot yield evil fruits, neither an evil tree yield good
fruits. 19 Every tree that yields not good fruit, shall be cut down,
and shall be cast into fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you shall
know them.
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Luke
6
43 For there is no good tree that yields evil fruits: nor
evil tree that yields good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his fruit. For
neither do they gather figs of thorns: neither of a bush do they gather the
grape. 45 The good man of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good and
the evil man of the ill treasure brings forth evil; for of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaks.
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McEvilly Matthew
7:16 says, Do men gather figs of thorns, etc., In Luke (6: 44) it is,
"figs from thorns, and grapes from a bramble lush." The meaning is
the same. Matthew 7:17. A further
illustration. These words are read in St. Luke (vi. 42) immediately after the
words, " Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye," etc.,
as in verse 5 of this. The intermediate words, written by St. Matthew here,
were probably used by our Redeemer, as St. Luke is more brief in his narrative;
and the causal particle "for" used by St. Luke, "for there is no
good tree" etc. (verse 43), shows that he connects this parable of the
good and bad tree with hypocrites, and St. Matthew here does the same. For,
there are no greater hypocrites than the "false prophets," in
connection with whom St. Matthew here introduces the illustration.
Weaved
Together Matthew 7:15 Beware of false
prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, while within they are ravening
wolves. Matthew 7:16a But by their fruits you shall know them. Luke 6:44 For
every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered of thorns, neither
are grapes plucked of briers. Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree brings forth
good fruit, but the evil tree brings forth evil fruit. Matthew 7:18 The good
tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the evil tree bring forth good
fruit. Luke 6:45 The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart
brings forth good things; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in
his heart brings forth evil things: and from the overflowings of the heart the
lips speak. Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bears not good fruit is cut down and
cast into the fire. Matthew 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
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Not Every One who
“Says Lord, Lord” shall Enter into the Kingdom
Matt 7:21-23 Luke 6:46
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Matthew 7
21 Not every one that says to me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that does the will
of my Father which is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. 22
Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in your
name, and in your name cast out devils, and in your name wrought many miracles?
23 And then I will confess unto them, that I never knew you; depart from me you
that work iniquity.
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Luke
6
46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord: and do not
the things which I say?
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McEvilly The
words are used in the second person by St. Luke 6:48, “why do you call," etc.
It may be that our Lord used these words on two different occasions, and in the
way recorded by both Evangelists. St. Matthew records what He said of the false
prophets in particular; St. Luke, of His hearers in general.
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The House Built upon
the Rock
Matt 7:24-27 Luke 6:47-49
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Matthew 7
24 Everyone therefore that hears
these my words of mine, and does them: shall be likened to a wise man that
built his house upon a rock, 25 and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
they beat against that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And everyone that hears these words of mine, and does them not, shall be
like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand, 27 and the rain
fell, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was
great.
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Luke
6
47 Every one that comes to me, and hears my words, and does
them: I will show you to whom he is like. 48 He is like to a man building a
house that dug deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock. And when an flood rose,
the river beat against that house, and it could not move it: for it was founded
upon a rock. 49 But he that hears, and does not: is like to a man building his
house upon the earth without a foundation: against which the river did beat:
and incontinent it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.
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St.
Augustine Now this long discourse of our Lord, Luke
begins in the same way as Matthew; for each says, Blessed are the poor. Then
many things which follow in the narration of each are like, and finally the
conclusion of the discourse is found to be altogether the same, I mean with
respect to the men who build upon the rock and the sand. It might then easily
be supposed that Luke has inserted the same discourse of our Lord, and yet has
left out some sentences which Matthew has kept, and likewise put in others
which Matthew has not; were it not that Matthew says the discourse was spoken
by our Lord on the mountain, but Luke on the plain by our Lord standing. It is
not however thought likely from this that these two discourses are separated by
a long course of time, because both before and after both have related some
things like or the same. It may however have happened that our Lord was at
first on a higher part of the mountain with His disciples alone, and that then
he descended with them from the mount, that is, from the summit of the mountain
to the flat place, that is, to some level ground, which was on the side of the
mountain, and was able to hold large multitudes, and that there He stood until
the crowds were gathered together to Him, and afterwards when He sat down His
disciples came nearer, and to them, and the rest of the multitude who were
present, He held the same discourse.
Weaved
Together Luke 6:47 Every man that
comes unto me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to what he
is like: Luke 6:48 he is like the wise man which built a house, and dug and
went deep, and laid the foundations on a rock: Matthew 7:25 and the rain came
down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and
it fell not: for its foundation was laid on rocks. Matthew 7:26 And every one
that hears these my words, and does them not, is like the foolish man which
built his house on sand, without foundation: Matthew 7:27 and the rain descended,
and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and
it fell: and the fall of it was great.
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The Crowd is Awed by
His Teaching
Matt 7:28-29
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28 And it came to pass, when
Jesus had fully ended these words, the multitude were in admiration upon his
doctrine. 29 For he was teaching them as having power, and not as their scribes
and Pharisees.
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St.
Augustine From that which is here
said, He seems to have left the crowd of disciples - those out of whom He chose
twelve, whom He called Apostles - but Matthew omits to mention it. For to His
disciples only, Jesus seems to have held this Sermon, which Matthew recounts,
Luke omits. That after descending into a plain He held another like discourse,
which Luke records, and Matthew omits. Still it may be supposed, that, as was
said above, He delivered on and the same Sermon to the Apostles, and the rest
of the multitude present, which has been recorded by Matthew and Luke, in
different words, but with the same truth of substance; and this explains what
is here said of the multitude wondering.
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