Luke 6:42

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Summary

Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

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Bible References

Hypocrite

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness -- will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

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but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

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"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

But concerning the one who lacks such things -- he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,