Matthew 7:5

Hypocrite! first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

In Context

4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye?

6Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and rend you.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:18But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites!

Luke 4:23And he said to them: Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatever we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

Luke 12:56Hypocrites! Ye know how to judge of the face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that ye know not how to judge of this time?

Acts 19:15And the evil spirit answering said: Jesus I know, and Paul I well know; but who are ye?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:2-7

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly… Read the whole commentary →

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