Matthew 7:3

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“Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?”

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BSBPD

“Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 7:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 12:5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
  3. Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
  4. Luke 6:41Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
  5. Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
  6. John 8:7When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
  7. Galatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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