Matthew 7:2

For with what criticism you criticise, you will be criticised: and with what measure you measure, it will be measured unto you.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

In Context

1Criticise not, that you may not be criticised.

3But why do you see the mote which is in the eye of your brother, and do not recognize the beam which is in your own eye?

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Cross References

Mark 4:24And He said to them. See what you hear: with what measure you measure it shall be measured unto you: and it shall be added unto you who hear.

2 Corinthians 9:6But it is this, he that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

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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