Matthew 7:4

Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Brother, suffer [that] I shall do out a mote from thine eye, and lo! a beam is in thine own eye? (or Brother, allow me to take out the speck from thine eye, and behold! a beam is in thine own eye?)

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

3But what seest thou a little mote in the eye of thy brother (or And why seest thou a little speck in thy brother’s eye), and seest not a beam in thine own eye?

5Hypocrite, first do out the beam of thine eye/do thou out first the beam of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see to do out the mote of the eye of thy brother.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:24Blind leaders, cleansing a gnat, but swallowing a camel.

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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