Matthew 7:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ You hypocrite, take the board out of your own eye first; and then you will be able to see clearly enough to take the speck of sawdust out of your brother’s eye.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ You hypocrite, first get the beam of timber out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the tiny particle out of your brother's eye.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

Common English Bible

⁵ You deceive yourself! First take the log out of your eye, and then you’ll see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s or sister’s eye.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Hypocrite, first remove the board from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Matthew 7:5 Cross References

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus perceived their wicked intention and said, “Why are you putting me to a test, you hypocrites?

Matthew 7:3

And why do you look for the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye but ignore the board in your own eye?

Matthew 7:4

Or, how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take that speck of sawdust out of your eye,’ while there is a board in your own eye?

Matthew 7:6

“Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.

Luke 12:56

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not know how to interpret [events of] this present time?

Luke 13:15

But the Lord answered them, “You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from its stall and lead it to water on the Sabbath day?

Luke 4:23

And He replied to them, “No doubt you will tell me this proverb, ‘Doctor, heal yourself,’ and ‘Perform [the miracles] here in your own home town also that we heard you did in Capernaum.’”

Luke 6:42

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take that speck of sawdust out of your eye,’ when you cannot see the board in your own eye? You hypocrite, take the board out of your own eye first; then you will be able to see clearly enough to take out the speck of sawdust that is in your brother’s eye.

Acts 19:15

[On one occasion] the evil spirit replied, “I know Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you?”