New English Translation

Matthew 7:9-15 New English Translation (NET)

9. Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

10. Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

11. If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

12. In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

13. “Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

14. But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

15. “Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.