Thematic Bible: Censorious
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Hypocrites » Described as » Censorious
why do you observe the mote that is in your brother's eye, and not consider the beam that is in your own eye? with what assurance can you say, brother, let me take that mote out of your eye; when there is such an apparent beam in your own eye? thou hypocrite, first get rid of the beam in your own eye; and then see how to remove the mote out of thy brother's eye.
but the ruler of the synagogue being highly incensed at Jesus's healing on the sabbath-day, said to the people, there are six days for work, you should come therefore for cure on those days, and not on the sabbath. to which Jesus replied, thou hypocrite, who is there among you that scruples to untie his ox or his ass, and lead him from the stall to water on the sabbath-day?