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Judge not, that ye be not judged

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  1. A command of Jesus to his followers in the Sermon on the Mount.


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The teaching implies that because all people are sinners, no one is worthy to condemn another.

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To whomever applicable here: Judge not, that ye be not judged.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2017

Its theme, painfully learned by all concerned, is the old, grim and simple text: "Judge not, that ye be not judged."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Judge not that ye be not judged," Jesus said.

From Time Magazine Archive

Judge not, that ye be not judged, says the Saviour.

From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold

When Jesus says "Judge not that ye be not judged," he cannot be forbidding all severity of judgment, for no one could be on occasion more severe, or unsparing, or denunciatory than he.

From Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Peabody, Francis Greenwood