Jesus In The Context Of Matthew 7

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To fully understand why, readers must hear teaching of the standards Jesus states in his sermons such as the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 7 it talks about dogs and pigs and in the context of this passage, pigs are considered as very unclean animal and dogs are considered wild scavengers. Matthew 7:1-6 is often times taken out of context, mainly because verse 1 is being repeated by people without reading the five verses that follow. If you read verse 1 in isolation which says, “judge not, that you be not judged”, you can interpret it as not to judge anyone for the sin they are doing. For that reason, this can be known as the sinner’s favorite verse, and even professing Christians use it in their defense when sinning. If you go on to read