Luke 6:43-45<\/a><\/p>\nCompare Matthew 7:15-20; 12:33-35<\/p>\n
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Immediately following a strong exhortation not to judge, Luke\u2019s account of the Sermon on the Plain has Jesus explain that, just as trees are known by the quality of their fruit, people are known by their actions.<\/p>\n
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This is, very plainly, a recognition that we do and must constantly make judgments, not only about fruit trees but about people \u2014 and the corresponding passages in Matthew are, if anything, perhaps even more clear on that.<\/p>\n
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So what are we to make of the prior admonition that we \u201cjudge not\u201d?<\/p>\n
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It seems to me pretty clear that we\u2019re being exhorted not to avoid making any judgments at all, which is impossible, but to avoid \u201ccriticizing\u201d or \u201ccondemning\u201d or arrogating to ourselves the right (which is God\u2019s alone) to pass final judgment.<\/p>\n
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