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Judging Others

Matthew 7:3

In 9 translations

BSB
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
KJV
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
WEB
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?
ASV
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
LSV
And why do you behold the speck that [is] in your brother’s eye, and do not consider the beam that [is] in your own eye?
YLT
'And why dost thou behold the mote that [is] in thy brother's eye, and the beam that [is] in thine own eye dost not consider?
DBY
But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?
DRC
Any why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
GNV
And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brothers eye, and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς;
RP2018
Τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς;
TR-Boyd
Τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς;
SCR1894
τι δε βλεπεις το καρφος το εν τω οφθαλμω του αδελφου σου την δε εν τω σω οφθαλμω δοκον ου κατανοεις

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  • John 8:7–9When 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.” And again He bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard…
  • 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.
  • Luke 6:41–42Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own…
  • 2 Samuel 12:5–6David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times…
  • 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.
  • Psalms 50:16–21To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. When you see a thief, you befriend him, and…
  • 2 Chronicles 28:9–10But 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…

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