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Matthew 7:2 KJV
Matthew · chapter 7 · verse 2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.Matthew 7:2 · King James Version
Matthew 7:2 in context
1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4Or 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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentkrimaa decree, judgments, judgment, condemnation of wrong, the decision which one passes on…G2917 →
- measuredantimetreōto measure back, to measure in return, repayG488 →
- measuremetronmeasure, an instrument for measuring, a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity…G3358 →
- judgekrinōto separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, to approve, esteem, to prefer, to…G2919 →
- metemetreōto measure, to measure out or off, any space or distance with a measurer s reed or rule…G3354 →
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Our Saviour is here directing us how to conduct ourselves in reference to the faults of others; and his expressions seem intended as a reproof to the scribes and Pharisees, who were very rigid and severe, very magisterial and supercilious, in condemning all about them, as those commonly are, that are proud and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6