Matthew 7:5

Hypocrite! draw forth first the rafter from thine own eye, and then thou wilt see to draw forth the rod from thy brother's eye.

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

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 sayest thou to thy brother, Permit that I draw forth the rod from thine eye, and, behold, there is a rafter in thine own eye?

6Give not the holy unto dogs, and throw not your precious stones before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:18But Jeshu knew their malice, and said, Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?

Luke 4:23Jeshu said to them, You will perhaps say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself; and all that we have heard that you have done in Kapher-nachum do also here in your own city.

Luke 12:56You hypocrites, the aspect of the sky and of the earth you know to distinguish; but this Time how do you not distinguish?

Acts 19:15And that evil demon answered and said to them, Jeshu I acknowledge, and Paulos I know; but who are you?

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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