“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!’ Yet they will be put to shame.
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will 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 look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
