Matthew 7:4

New International Reader's Version

How can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take the bit of sawdust out of your eye’? How can you say this while there is a piece of wood in your own eye?

Cross References

Proverbs 26:7

A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like disabled legs that are useless.

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides! You remove the smallest insect from your food. But you swallow a whole camel!

Matthew 7:3

“You look at the bit of sawdust in your friend’s eye. But you pay no attention to the piece of wood in your own eye.

Matthew 7:5

You pretender! First take the piece of wood out of your own eye. Then you will be able to see clearly to take the bit of sawdust out of your friend’s eye.

Luke 6:42

How can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take the bit of sawdust out of your eye’? How can you say this while there is a piece of wood in your own eye? You pretender! First take the piece of wood out of your own eye. Then you will be able to see clearly to take the bit of sawdust out of your friend’s eye.