“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, “May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?
When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
