Daily Gospel Plan

Read through all four gospels in 45 days, which focuses on the life of Christ.

Today, we are reading Matthew 7, 8.

Matthew 7

7:1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
7:3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
7:5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
7:10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
7:17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
7:18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
7:20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
7:21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.
7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
7:28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
7:29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Matthew 8

8:1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
8:3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
8:5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
8:6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
8:7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8:8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
8:9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
8:10When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
8:14And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
8:15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
8:16When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
8:18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
8:19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
8:21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
8:23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him,
8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
8:25And his disciples came to him and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
8:27But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
8:30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
8:33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
8:34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.