Matthew 7:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For the way you judge [other people] is the way you [yourselves] will be judged. And the standard you use [for dealing] with others is the standard that they [and God] will use on you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.

Common English Bible

You’ll receive the same judgment you give. Whatever you deal out will be dealt out to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Matthew 7:2 Cross References

Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], your heavenly Father will also forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].

Mark 4:24

And He said to them, “Pay attention to what you are hearing from me. The standard you use in giving [to others] is the standard they will use on you, with even more added.

Luke 6:38

Give [to others] and you will have [things] given to you. People will pour into your lap a full measure [of goods]; it will be pressed down, shaken together and running over [the edges]. Because the standard you use in giving [to others] will be the standard used [by them or God] in giving back to you.”

2 Corinthians 9:6

But [remember] this: The person who plants only a few seeds will harvest a meager crop. And the one who plants many seeds [Note: The Greek says, “plants with blessings”] will harvest a bumper crop.

James 2:13

For the person who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. [For] mercy wins out over condemnation.

Revelation 18:6

Give back to her the way [i.e., the kind of treatment] she has given back [to others], and repay her double for what she has done. Mix a double dose for her from her own cup.