But Jesus said to him, “Who said that I should be your judge or decide how to divide your father’s things between you two?”
Romans 2:1 - Easy To Read Version So do you think that you can judge those other people? You are wrong. You too are guilty of sin. You judge those people, but you do the same bad things they do. So when you judge them, you are really judging yourself guilty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEREFORE YOU have no excuse or defense or justification, O man, whoever you are who judges and condemns another. For in posing as judge and passing sentence on another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge are habitually practicing the very same things [that you censure and denounce]. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. Common English Bible So every single one of you who judge others is without any excuse. You condemn yourself when you judge another person because the one who is judging is doing the same things. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version WHEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou dost the same things which thou judgest. |
But Jesus said to him, “Who said that I should be your judge or decide how to divide your father’s things between you two?”
Then the king said to the servant, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you. You said that I am a hard man. You said that I even take money that I didn’t earn and gather food that I didn’t grow.
“Don’t judge other people, and you will not be judged. Don’t condemn (find guilty) other people, and you will not be condemned. Forgive other people, and you will be forgiven.
God judges the people that do those wrong things. And we know that God’s judgment is right.
You also judge the people that do those wrong things. But you do those wrong things too. So surely you understand that God will judge you. You will not be able to escape.
So are we Jews better than other people? No! We have already said that Jews and non-Jews are the same. They are all guilty of sin.
\{Don’t ask that.\} You are only people. And people have no right to question God. A clay jar does not question the man that made it. The jar does not say, “Why did you make me like this?”
So don’t judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will shine light on the things that are hidden in darkness. He will make known the secret purposes of people’s hearts. Then God will give every person the praise he should get.
Wives, maybe you will save your husband; and husbands, maybe you will save your wife. You don’t know now what will happen later.
You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?
Brothers and sisters, don’t say things against each other. If you criticize your brother \{in Christ\} or judge him, then you are criticizing the law \{he follows\}. When you judge a brother \{in Christ\}, you are really judging the law \{he follows\}. And when you are judging the law, you are not a follower of the law. You have become a judge!