41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? …
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-49)All these sayings of Christ we had before in Matthew; some of them in Matt. 7:1-29, others in other places. They were sayings that Christ often used; they needed only to be mentioned, it was easy to apply them. Grotius thinks that we need not be critical here in seeking for the coherence: they are golden sentences, like Solomon’s proverbs or parables. Let us observe here, I. We ought to be very ca…
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