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Mateus 7 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
25 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1"Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment.
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1“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.
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2That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging.
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2For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
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3It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own.
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3“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
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4Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your face for you,' when your own face is distorted by contempt?
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4How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?
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5It's this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
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5Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
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6"Don't be flip with the sacred. Banter and silliness give no honor to God. Don't reduce holy mysteries to slogans. In trying to be relevant, you're only being cute and inviting sacrilege.
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6“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.
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7"Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need.
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7“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
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8This isn't a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we're in.
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8For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
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9If your child asks for bread, do you trick him with sawdust?
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9“You parents — if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?
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10If he asks for fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate?
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10Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!
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11As bad as you are, you wouldn't think of such a thing. You're at least decent to your own children. So don't you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better?
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11So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
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12"Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God's Law and Prophets and this is what you get.
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12“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
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13"Don't look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do.
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13“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.
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14The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention.
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14But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
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15"Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character.
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15“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
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16Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.
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16You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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17A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
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18A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.
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19So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
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20Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.
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21"Knowing the correct password—saying 'Master, Master,' for instance—isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills.
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21“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
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22I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.'
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22On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
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23And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'
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23But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
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24"These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock.
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24“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
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25Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.
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25Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
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26"But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don't work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach.
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26But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
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27When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards."
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27When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
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28When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause. They had never heard teaching like this.
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28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
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29It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying—quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard.
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29for he taught with real authority — quite unlike their teachers of religious law.