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Matthew 7:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 7:3

Verse 3 of 29

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 7:3

Theological / Devotional

Why beholdest thou? Compare Luke 6:41. Our proverb, “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones,” has a similar import. There is also an Arabic proverb that runs, “How seest thou the splinter in thy brother’s eye, and seest not the cross-beam in thine eye?”

Mote. Gr. karphos, a mere “chip,” or “splinter,” of dried wood, chaff, etc. In the eye this would be a most irritating particle, however small its size. The “mote” represents, of course, the lesser fault. The censorious man always readily detects any fault, however small, in another man.

Beam. Gr. dokos, a “log,” or “plank,” a piece of timber used in the construction of a house.

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