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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

So had I a thousand puzzles and strange thoughts in my mind, and fell into grievous difficulty upon that saying of Christ, which saith, "Judge not, that ye be not judged."

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen

And those words of the gospel rang through the air, "Judge not, that ye be not judged."

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells

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