37. Jesus said:Don't judge others, and God won't judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.
38. If you give to others, you will be given a full amount in return. It will be packed down, shaken together, and spilling over into your lap. The way you treat others is the way you will be treated.
39. Jesus also used some sayings as he spoke to the people. He said:Can one blind person lead another blind person? Won't they both fall into a ditch?
40. Are students better than their teacher? But when they are fully trained, they will be like their teacher.
41. You can see the speck in your friend's eye. But you don't notice the log in your own eye.
42. How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye? You show-offs! First, get the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.
43. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
44. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces. You cannot pick figs or grapes from thorn bushes.
45. Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts. Bad people do bad things because of the evil in their hearts. Your words show what is in your heart.
46. Why do you keep on saying that I am your Lord, when you refuse to do what I say?
47. Anyone who comes and listens to me and obeys me
48. is like someone who dug down deep and built a house on solid rock. When the flood came and the river rushed against the house, it was built so well that it didn't even shake.
49. But anyone who hears what I say and doesn't obey me is like someone whose house wasn't built on solid rock. As soon as the river rushed against that house, it was smashed to pieces!