Matthew 7:2 - Plain English Version

² God will judge you the same way as you judge other people. If you are easy on other people, God will be easy on you. But if you are hard on other people, God will be hard on you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² You’ll receive the same judgment you give. Whatever you deal out will be dealt out to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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.

Matthew 7:2 Cross References

Matthew 6:14

Then Jesus said, “If you don’t do payback to other people for the bad things they do to you, God, your father in heaven, will not do payback to you for the bad things you do.

Mark 4:24

Then Jesus said, “Make sure you listen to the right message and think about it properly. When you really take notice of a true message, God will help you understand it, and he will help you to know more and more of his word. But if you don’t want to listen to that message, God will stop you from understanding the little bit you did hear.”

James 2:13

Later on, God will judge you. And if you don’t feel sorry for other people now, then God will not feel sorry for you. But if you feel sorry for them now, and if you are good to them, God will feel sorry for you later on, when he judges you, and he will be good to you. You see, people that are sorry for other people don’t have to worry about God judging them.

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said to him, “You killed people with your own long knife. Now lots of women have no children any more. Well, just like that, your mother will have no children any more.” So Samuel killed Agag dead right there at Gilgal. And God watched him do it.