Luke 6:41

For why behold you the rod that is in the eye of your brother, but the rafter in your (own) eye is not seen by you?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

In Context

40The disciple than his master is not greater; but every man who is perfect shall be as his master.

42Or how can you say to your brother, My brother, permit (that) I pull out the rod that is in your eye, and behold the rafter in your own eye is not seen by you? Hypocrite! first take out the rafter from your own eye, and then shall you see to take out the rod that is in the eye of your brother.

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Cross References

Mark 8:7And there were fishes, a few: and also over them he blessed, and said that they should set them.

John 8:40But now you seek to kill me, the man who the truth has spoken with you, which I have heard from Aloha. This Abraham did not.

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49

Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above… Read the whole commentary →

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