Luke 6:41

And why observest thou the straw that is in thy brother's eye, but regardest not the beam that is in thy own eye?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

40No disciple is better than his teacher; for whoever is perfect, will be like his teacher.

42Or how canst thou say to thy brothers, My brother, allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; when, lo, the beam that is in thy own eye, thou regardest not. Hypocrite! first cast the beam out thy eye, and then thy vision will be clear to pluck the straw from thy brother's eye.

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Cross References

Mark 8:7And there were a few fishes; and them he also blessed, and ordered them set forth.

John 8:40But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

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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