Matthew 7:5
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
- KJV
- Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- WEB
- You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
- ASV
- Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother`s eye.
- DARBY
- Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.
- BLB
- Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter from the eye of your brother.
- ÅB
- Hykler! Dra først bjelken ut av ditt eget øye, så kan du se å dra flisen ut av din brors øye!
- OTB
- Du hykler, ta først bjelken ut av ditt eget øye, så vil du se klart nok til å ta flisen ut av din brors øye.
- B1930
- Du hykler! dra først bjelken ut av ditt eget øie, så kan du se å dra splinten ut av din brors øie!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:42
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
Read in contextPsalms 51:9–13
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Read in contextMatthew 23:13–28
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Read in contextLuke 13:15
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Read in contextLuke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
Read in contextMatthew 22:18
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Read in contextLuke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
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