Matthew 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...

 in the New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

. The chapter is the final of three chapter that comprise the Sermon on the Mount

Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus, which emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew...

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The chapter deals with several themes, with 7:1-12 dealing with judging and discernment. Matthew 7:1-5 is the The Mote and the Beam

The Mote and the Beam

The Mote and the Beam is a New Testament saying in Matthew 7:1-5 as part of the Sermon on the Mount. The discourse is fairly brief, and begins by condemning those who would judge others, arguing that they too would be judged...

, which has a parallel in Luke 6:37-42.

At Matthew 7:7 Jesus returns to the subject of prayer, promising that God will respond to them. 7:13

Matthew 7:13

Matthew 7:13 is the thirteenth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount...

 and 7:14

Matthew 7:14

Matthew 7:14 is the fourteenth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount...

contain the analogy of the broad and narrow roads, a warning of the ease of slipping into damnation.