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Matthew 7:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Matthew 7:5

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3 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?

4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

5 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.

6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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Luke 6:42

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"Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye."

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"then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you."

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Romans 14:10

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"But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ."

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Leviticus 19:17

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"“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."

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Matthew 18:15

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"“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother."

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James 4:11

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"Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge."

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Matthew 7:1

"“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged."

Matthew 7:2

"For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you."

Matthew 7:3

"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?"

Matthew 7:4

"Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?"

Matthew 7:6

"“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."

Matthew 7:7

"“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you."

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