Matthew 7

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Matthew 7
Matthew 6:32-7:27 on Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330–360).
BookGospel of Matthew
CategoryGospel
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part1

Matthew 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This chapter is the last of the three chapters which comprise the Sermon on the Mount.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 29 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:[a]

Verses

Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330–360), Matthew 7:27–8:28

Analysis

In

Matthew 7:7 Jesus returns to the subject of prayer, promising that God will respond to prayer. Verses 7:13 and 14 contain the analogy of the broad and narrow roads, a warning of the ease of slipping into damnation. Verse 7:15 continues the warnings about judgment and adds a caution about false prophets[4][5][6] by repeating some of the language used by John the Baptist in chapter 3
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The chapter ends with the

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According to theologian Edward Plumptre, in comparison with the preceding chapters, "this [chapter] deals chiefly with the temptations incident to the more advanced stages of [Christian] life when lower forms of evil have been overcome – with the temper that judges others, the self-deceit of unconscious hypocrisy, the danger of unreality".[7]

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ The extant Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Bezae do not contain this chapter due to lacunae.

Citations

  1. ^ Wesley, J., Sermon 21, Upon Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount: Discourse One, accessed 10 August 2019
  2. . pp. 91–95.
  3. . p. 72.
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  7. ^ Plumptre, E. H. (1905), Matthew 7, in Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, accessed 17 December 2016

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Preceded by
Matthew 6
Chapters of the New Testament
Gospel of Matthew
Succeeded by
Matthew 8