The Narrow Gate
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7:2 · Berean Standard Bible
However harshly or generously you judge others, that's exactly how you'll be judged in return.
Jesus is showing you a mirror: the way you treat others is the way life comes back to you.
Jesus, stating a universal principle.
This is a sober reminder that the grace you extend to others is the grace you'll receive.
The principle of reciprocal measure: the krima (judgment) and metron (measure) one uses toward others becomes the standard God applies in return.
This echoes a well-known rabbinic principle (middah keneged middah, measure for measure) that Jesus endorses and intensifies.
Jesus, explaining the principle of reciprocal judgment.
This reciprocity principle runs throughout Jesus' teaching, connecting divine and human relationships inextricably.
1“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
Read all of Matthew 7 — Judge not, ask boldly, and choose the hard road. Jesus closes his great sermon with a storm that separates the wise from the foolish.
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