How can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
Matthew 7:3 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘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? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do you stare from without at the very small particle that is in your brother's eye but do not become aware of and consider the beam of timber that is in your own eye? American Standard Version (1901) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Common English Bible Why do you see the splinter that’s in your brother’s or sister’s eye, but don’t notice the log in your own eye? Catholic Public Domain Version And how can you see the splinter in your brother's eye, and not see the board in your own eye? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye? |
How can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
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.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: “God, I thank you that I am not like other people – robbers, evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax collector.
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.