Matthew 7:3 Parallel Translations

So why do you see the piece of sawdust in another believer's eye and not notice the wooden beam in your own eye?(GOD'S WORD®)

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?

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?

BBE:

And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

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?

ERV:

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

WEY:

And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, and not notice the beam which is in your own eye?

WBS:

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy 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?

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?

Matthew 7:3 Cross References

XREF:

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

7:3 Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye? The Lord uses a figure to show the absurdity of judging severely the faults of others, while we have greater ones. The term translated mote means a little splinter, while the beam is something very large.

WES:

7:3 In particular, why do you open your eyes to any fault of your brother, while you yourself are guilty of a much greater? The mote - The word properly signifies a splinter or shiver of wood. This and a beam, its opposite, were proverbially used by the Jews, to denote, the one, small infirmities, the other, gross, palpable faults. Luke 6:41.

MHC:

7:1-6 We must judge ourselves, and judge of our own acts, but not make our word a law to everybody. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. We must not make the worst of people. Here is a just reproof to those who quarrel with their brethren for small faults, while they allow themselves in greater ones. Some sins are as motes, while others are as beams; some as a gnat, others as a camel. Not that there is any sin little; if it be a mote, or splinter, it is in the eye; if a gnat, it is in the throat; both are painful and dangerous, and we cannot be easy or well till they are got out. That which charity teaches us to call but a splinter in our brother's eye, true repentance and godly sorrow will teach us to call a beam in our own. It is as strange that a man can be in a sinful, miserable condition, and not be aware of it, as that a man should have a beam in his eye, and not consider it; but the god of this world blinds their minds. Here is a good rule for reprovers; first reform thyself.

CONC:

Attention Beam Behold Beholdest Bit Brother Brother's Consider Considerest Dust Eye Grain Log Lookest Mote Note Notice Observest Pay Plank Sawdust Speck Splinter Wood

Attention Beam Beholdest Bit Brother's Consider Considerest Dust Eye Grain Log Mote Note Notice Pay Plank Sawdust Speck Splinter Wood

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible