Luke 6:41

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Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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  • John 8:7 : 7 When they kept pressing him for an answer, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
  • Jas 1:24 : 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.
  • John 8:40-44 : 40 But now you are trying to kill me—a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God." 42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.
  • Rom 2:21-24 : 21 You then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'
  • 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay back four times the price of the lamb because he did such a thing and had no pity! 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach. His intestines spilled to the ground, and he died without Joab striking him again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • 2 Sam 20:20-21 : 20 Joab replied, "Far be it from me to devour or destroy the city! 21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba, son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has raised his hand against King David. Hand him over, and I will withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you from the wall."
  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.
  • 1 Chr 21:6 : 6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.
  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

    2For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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    4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye?

    5Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

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    42How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

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    39He also told them a parable: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?"

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    56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and the earth, but why do you not know how to interpret this present time?

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    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

    35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

  • 37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • 41Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

  • 9And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  • 47If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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    1Be careful not to practice your acts of charity before others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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  • 23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

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    1Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.

    2Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

    3For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.

    4Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.

  • 29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

  • 3Be on guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • 46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

  • 24Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • 11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

  • 15If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

  • 10But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • 41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

  • 31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • 7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

  • 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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    23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror.

    24For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.

  • 13Therefore, let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

  • 24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

  • 1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

  • 18Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

  • 38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

  • 7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying,

  • 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

  • 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

  • 39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.