Luke 6:42

Modern English Version

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:17

He who is the first to make his case seems righteous, but his neighbor comes and cross-examines him.

Matthew 26:75

Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken, “Before a cock crows, you will deny Me three times.” Then he went out and wept bitterly.

Matthew 7:3

“And why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the log that is in your own eye?

Matthew 7:4

Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Let me pull the speck out of your eye,’ when a log is in your own eye?

Luke 13:15

The Lord then answered him and said, “You hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it?

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have repented, strengthen your brothers.”

Luke 6:41

“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not see the beam that is in your own eye?

Luke 6:43

“A good tree does not bear corrupt fruit, nor does a corrupt tree bear good fruit.

Acts 13:10

“You son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, full of deceit and of all fraud, will you not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:21

You have neither part nor share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

Romans 2:1

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judges, for when you judge another, you condemn yourself, for you who judge do the same things.

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation,

2 Timothy 2:21

One who cleanses himself from these things will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, fit for the Master’s use, and prepared for every good work.

2 Peter 1:9

For he who lacks these things is blind and nearsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.