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New Living Translation

Matthew 7:5

Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Charitableness;   Commandments;   Hypocrisy;   Inconsistency;   Mote (a Speck);   Religion;   Uncharitableness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Examinations of Self;   Self-Examination;   The Topic Concordance - Judges;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hypocrites;   Reproof;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hypocrisy;   Judgment;   Sermon on the mount;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Hypocrisy;   Jesus Christ;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Beam;   Brother;   Mote;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Oded;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hypocrisy;   Judge (Office);   Log;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Mote;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - James, Epistle of;   Mote;   Mss;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Beam and Mote;   Boyhood of Jesus;   Carpenter;   Confession (of Sin);   Eye (2);   Humour;   Judging (by Men);   Liberality;   Love (2);   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Metaphors;   Neighbour (2);   Paradox;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Seeing;   Sermon on the Mount;   Simple, Simplicity ;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mote;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Brother;   Clear;   Games;   Hypocrisy;   Sermon on the Mount, the;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Brother;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 15;  

Parallel Translations

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.
Complete Jewish Bible
You hypocrite! First, take the log out of your own eye; then you will see clearly, so that you can remove the splinter from your brother's eye!
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
You are a hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to get the dust out of your friend's eye.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hypocrite, first cast out that beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.
George Lamsa Translation
O hypocrites, first take out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to get out the splinter from your brother''s eye.
Good News Translation
You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
International Standard Version
You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
Etheridge Translation
Hypocrite ! draw forth first the rafter from thine own eye, and then thou wilt see to draw forth the rod from thy brother's eye.
Murdock Translation
Thou hypocrite; pluck first the beam from thy own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly, to pluck the straw out of thy brother's eye.
Christian Standard Bible®
Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
New International Version (1984)
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
New American Standard Bible
"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye!
King James Version (1611)
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.
King James Version
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.
Amplified Bible
"You hypocrite (play-actor, pretender), first get the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Update Bible Version
You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye; and then you shall see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Lexham English Bible
Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye!
Literal Translation
Hypocrite, first cast the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast the twig out of the eye of your brother.
New Century Version
You hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your friend's eye.
New English Translation
You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
New International Version
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
New King James Version
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
World English Bible
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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Weymouth's New Testament
Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ipocrite, `do thou out first the beem of thin iye, and thanne thou schalt se to do out the mote of the iye of thi brothir.
New Life Bible
You who pretend to be someone you are not, first take the big piece of wood out of your own eye. Then you can see better to take the small piece of wood out of your brother's eye.
New Revised Standard
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hypocrite! cast first, out of thine own eye, the beam, - and, then, shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote, out of the eye of thy brother.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
Revised Standard Version
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ypocryte fyrst cast oute the beame oute of thyne awne eye and then shalte thou se clearly to plucke oute the moote out of thy brothers eye.
Young's Literal Translation
Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ypocryte, fyrst cast out the beame out of thyne awne eye, and then shalt thou se clearly, to plucke out the moate out of thy brothers eye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
thou hypocrite, first get rid of the beam in your own eye; and then see how to remove the mote out of thy brother's eye.
English Revised Version
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hypocrite, first caste out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see clearely, to plucke out the mote out of thy brothers eye.
English Standard Version
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Simplified Cowboy Version
That's just bein' a hypocrite! When you get your horse goin' good and steady, then you can offer to help your partner.

Contextual Overview

1 "Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. 2 For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. 3 "And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? 4 How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,' when you can't see past the log in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye. 6 "Don't waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou hypocrite: Matthew 22:18, Matthew 23:14-28, Luke 12:56, Luke 13:15

first: Psalms 51:9-13, Luke 4:23, Luke 6:42, Acts 19:15

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:13 - an accursed 1 Samuel 14:33 - transgressed Proverbs 17:7 - Excellent speech Proverbs 26:7 - so Matthew 6:2 - as Matthew 15:7 - hypocrites Matthew 16:3 - O ye 1 Peter 2:1 - hypocrisies

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Exodus 39:32
And so at last the Tabernacle was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:16
Moses proceeded to do everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
Psalms 119:6
Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with your commands.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus said, "It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires." So John agreed to baptize him.
Luke 8:21
Jesus replied, "My mother and my brothers are all those who hear God's word and obey it."
John 2:5
But his mother told the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
John 13:17
Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
Philippians 2:8
he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye,.... Very rightly does our Lord call such a man an hypocrite, who is very free in remarking and reproving other men's sins, and covering his own; and indeed, one end of his critical observations, rigid censures, and rash judgments is, that he might be thought to be holier than he is. Christ very manifestly points at the Scribes and Pharisees, who were men of such a complexion; and whom he often, without any breach of charity, calls hypocrites. The meaning of this proverbial expression is, that a man should first begin with himself, take notice of his own sins, reprove himself for them, and reform; and then it will be soon enough to observe other men's.

And then shalt thou see clearly, to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye: then will he, and not before, be a proper person to reprove others; all objections and impediments to such a work will then be removed. Our Lord here speaks in the language of the Jewish nation, with whom such like expressions were common, and of long standing c

"In the generation that judged the judges, one said to another, טול קיסם מבין עיניך, "cast out the mote out of thine eye"; to whom it was replied, טול קורה מבין עיניך, "cast out the beam from thine eye": one said to another, "thy silver is become dross": the other replies, "thy wine is mixed with water".''

Again d,

"R. Taphon said, I wonder whether there is any in this generation, that will receive reproof; if one should say to him, "cast out the mote out of thine eye", will he say to him, "cast out the beam out of thine eye?" Says R. Eleazer ben Azariah, I wonder whether there is any in this generation, that knows how to reprove.''

From whence it is clear, that these phrases were used in the same sense they are by Christ; and which is still more evident by the gloss upon them: for upon the word "mote", it observes,

"That it is as if it had been said, עון קטון, "a little sin", which is in thine hand (i.e. which thou hast committed): the other could say to him, cast thou away

עון גדול, "the great sin", which is in thine hand; so that they could not reprove, because they were all sinners.''

Agreeable to these, are some other proverbs used by the Jews, such as

"a vice which is in thyself, do not speak of to thy neighbour,''

e or upbraid him with it: and f again,

"adorn thyself, and afterwards adorn others.''

Which is produced by a noted commentator g of their's, to illustrate the text in Zephaniah 2:1 on which he also makes this remark;

"inquire first into your own blemishes, and then inquire into the blemishes of others.''

The sense of each of them is, that a man should first reform himself, and then others; and that he that finds faults with others, ought to be without blame himself.

c T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 15. 2. d T. Bab. Erachin, fol. 16. 2. e T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 59. 2. f T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 19. 1. g R. David Kimchi in Zeph. ii. 1. Vid. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 142. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hypocrite, first cast out ... - Christ directs us to the proper way of forming an opinion of ethers, and of reproving and correcting them. By first amending our own faults, or casting the beam out of our eye, we can “consistently” advance to correct the faults of others. There will then be no hypocrisy in our conduct. We shall also “see clearly” to do it. The beam, the thing that obscured our sight, will be removed, and we shall more clearly discern the “small” object that obscures the sight of our brother. The sentiment is, that the readiest way to judge of the imperfections of others is to be free from greater ones ourselves. This qualifies us for judging, makes us candid and consistent, and enables us to see things as they are, and to make proper allowances for frailty and imperfection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 7:5. Thou hypocrite — A hypocrite, who professes to be what he is not, (viz. a true Christian,) is obliged, for the support of the character he has assumed, to imitate all the dispositions and actions of a Christian; consequently he must reprove sin, and endeavour to show an uncommon affection for the glory of God. Our Lord unmasks this vile pretender to saintship, and shows him that his hidden hypocrisy, covered with the garb of external sanctity, is more abominable in the sight of God than the openly professed and practised iniquity of the profligate.

In after times, the Jews made a very bad use of this saying: "I wonder," said Rabbi Zarphon, "whether there be any in this age that will suffer reproof? If one say to another, Cast out the mote out of thine eye, he is immediately ready to answer, Cast out the beam that is in thine own eye." This proverbial mode of speech the Gloss interprets thus: "Cast out? קסים kisim, the mote, that is, the little sin, that is in thy hand: to which he answered, Cast out the great sin that is in thine. So they could not reprove, because all were sinners." See Lightfoot.


 
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