Matthew 7:4

New American Bible - revised edition

How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye?

Cross References

Proverbs 26:7

A proverb in the mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs.

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

Matthew 7:3

Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye. Pearls Before Swine.

Luke 6:42

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye. A Tree Known by Its Fruit.