Matthew 7:5 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

BSB

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ASV

Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

KJV

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Vers. 3-5.) But why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, and not see the beam in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye? Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. He speaks of those who, while being subject to mortal sin themselves, do not overlook minor sins of their brothers: straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel (Matthew 23).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye,.... Very rightly does our Lord call such a man an hypocrite, who is very free in remarking and reproving other men's sins, and covering his own; and indeed, one end of his critical observations, rigid censures, and rash judgments is, that he might be thought to be holier than he is. Christ very manifestly points at the Scribes and Pharisees, who were men of such a complexion; and whom he often, without any breach of charity, calls hypocrites.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were severe upon Christ's disciples for eating with unwashen hands, which was scarcely a mote, while they encouraged men in a contempt of their parents, which was a beam. Pride and uncharitableness are commonly beams in the eyes of those that pretend to be critical and nice in their censures of others.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those who are reprovers in the gate, reprovers by office, magistrates and ministers, are concerned to walk circumspectly, and to be very regular in their conversation: an elder must have a good report, 1 Tim. iii. The snuffers of the sanctuary were to be of pure gold. It is not every one that is fit to be reproved;

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He only is fit to be a reprover of others who jealously and severely judges himself. Such persons will not only be slow to undertake the office of censor on their neighbors, but, when constrained in faithfulness to deal with them, will make it evident that they do it with reluctance and not satisfaction, with moderation and not exaggeration, with love and not harshness.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὑποκριτά,	hupokrita	Hypocrite!	G5273 →
ἔκβαλε	ekbale	do cast out	G1544 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμοῦ	ophthalmou	eye	G3788 →
σοῦ	sou	of you	G4771 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δοκόν,	dokon	beam,	G1385 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τότε	tote	then	G5119 →
διαβλέψεις	diablepseis	you will see clearly	G1227 →
ἐκβαλεῖν	ekbalein	to cast out	G1544 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
κάρφος	karphos	splinter	G2595 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμοῦ	ophthalmou	eye	G3788 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀδελφοῦ	adelphou	brother	G80 →
σου.¶	sou	of you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 6:42
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 eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of…
leads to
- Romans 2:21–29
  you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10–12
  You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
- Psalms 51:9–13
  Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
- Matthew 23:13–15
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Philemon 1:10–11
  I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
Through
Luke 13:15
“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
leads to
- Luke 14:5
  And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
- John 7:21–24
  Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
Through
Luke 4:23
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
leads to
- Matthew 11:23–24
  And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would…

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew