Tree of Life Version
Matthew 7:2
2For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Matthew 7:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- New International Version (NIV)For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
Context of Matthew 7:2
1“Stop judging, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3“Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye? 4Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, the beam is in your own eye?
Read all of Matthew 7Matthew 7:2 word by word
ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε, κριθήσεσθε· καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- judgmentκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
- ye judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- measureμέτρονmetron · measureG3358
- ye meteμετρέωmetreō · to measureG3354
- it shall be measuredἀντιμετρέωantimetreō · to returnG488
- to youσύsu · youG4771
Cross-references for Matthew 7:2
- Judges 1:7So Adoni-bezek said, “70 kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.
- Psalms 18:25So Adonai rewarded me for my righteousness, for the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
- Psalms 137:7Remember, Adonai, the children of Edom, what they said on the day Jerusalem fell: “Strip her, strip her to her very foundation!”
- Jeremiah 51:24I will repay Babylon and all living in Chaldea for all their evil that they did in Zion, before your eyes.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Obadiah 1:15“For the day of Adonai is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you. Your dealing will return on your own head.
- Mark 4:24Then He continued, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be added to you.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, will be given into your lap. For whatever measure you measure out will be measured back to you.”
- 2 Corinthians 9:6The point is this: whoever sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6For after all, it is right in the sight of God to pay back trouble to those who trouble you,
- James 2:13For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Revelation 18:6Pay her back just as she has paid out, and give her back double for her deeds! In the cup she has mixed— mix a double dose for her!
Commentaries on Matthew 7:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For with what judgment - He who is severe on others will naturally excite their severity against himself. The censures and calumnies which we have suffered are probably the just reward of those which we have dealt out to others.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2With what judgment - This was a proverb among the Jews. It expressed a truth; and Christ did not hesitate to adopt it as conveying his own sentiments. It refers no less to the way in which people will judge of us, than to the rule by which God will judge us. See 2 Samuel 22:27; Mark 4:24; James 2:13. Mete - Measure. You shall be judged by the same rule which you apply to others.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For with what judgments ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete--whatever standard of judgment ye apply to others. it shall be measured to you again--This proverbial maxim is used by our Lord in other connections--as in Mr 4:24, and with a slightly different application in Lu 6:38--as a great principle in the divine administration. Unkind judgment of others will be judicially returned upon ourselves, in the day when God shall judge…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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