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Jesus always made clear that judging was to be done by the Father, and humans should concern themselves with making their own soul ready for acceptance into the kingdom of God. The focus should always be on God’s grace, and in obedience rooting out the sin in our lives rather than concerning ourselves with the sins of others.
To judge something as good or bad is to enter into the world of dualities, and this creates psychological, or spiritual, tension. Tolle interprets "Judge not, that ye be not judged" as that if you categorise something or someone negatively or positively, you affirm that its opposite polarity must also exist, and so resistance, conflict ...
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. The World English Bible translates the passage as: For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
This verse, which appears in a similar form in Luke's Sermon on the Plain, begins a discussion about how a person should relate to their fellows. Daniel Patte feels that this is a natural progression from the earlier discussion of how one should have a positive outlook for oneself to how one should also have a positive opinion of others. [1]
Irenaeus taught that the parable was about the End Times. [2], He says the Unjust Judge symbolizes the Antichrist, and the persistent widow symbolizes Earthly Jerusalem.. The framing material of the parable in the Gospel of Luke demonstrates the need to always pray like the persistent widow, for if even an unjust judge will eventually listen, God is much quicker to do so. [3]
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I fast twice a week and I give you a tenth of all my income.’ “But the tax collector, standing far off; would not even look up to heaven as he prayed, rather he beat his breast in sorrow saying, ‘God, be merciful to me; a sinner.’ “I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalts himself ...
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