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Matthew 7:3 KJV
Matthew · chapter 7 · verse 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?Matthew 7:3 · King James Version
Matthew 7:3 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?
5Thou 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- considerestkatanoeōto perceive, remark, observe, understand, to consider attentively, fix one's eyes or mind…G2657 →
- beholdestblepōto see, discern, of the bodily eye, with the bodily eye to be possessed of sight, have…G991 →
- brother'sadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- motekarphosa dry stalk or twig, a straw, chaffG2595 →
- beamdokosa beamG1385 →
- eyeophthalmosthe eye, metaph. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowingG3788 →
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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