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Matthew 7:5

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.

KJV

ὑποκριτά, ἔκβαλε πρῶτον ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ τὴν δοκόν, καὶ τότε διαβλέψεις ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.

Greek NT

Hypocrita, ejice primum trabem de oculo tuo, et tunc videbis ejicere festucam de oculo fratris tui.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διαβλέπω
diablepo
verb · 3×
δοκός
dokos
noun · 6×
κάρφος
karphos
noun · 6×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πρῶτον
proton
adverb · 57×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐκβάλλω
ekballo
verb · 80×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑποκριτής
upokrites
noun · 17×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ τὴν δοκόν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ τὴν δοκόν | RP: τὴν δοκὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου
  • ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ τὴν δοκόν — SBLGNT
  • ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ τὴν δοκόν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὴν δοκὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§678Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in his preaching.581 Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light.582 Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer of God's grace as nothing be condemned.583 Our attitude to our neighbour will disclose acceptance or refusal of g…
Refutation of another argument adduced by the Marcionites, that God directed the Hebrews to spoil the Egyptians. 1. Those, again, who cavil and find fault because the people did, by God's command, upon the eve of their departure, take vessels of all kinds and raiment from the Egyptians, and so went away, from which [spoils], too, the tabernacle was constructed in the wilderness…
2. For with what judgment ye judge, says He, you shall be judged. Matthew 7:2 That is, it is not the other, says Christ, that you condemn, but yourself, and you are making the judgment-seat dreadful to yourself, and the account strict. As then in the forgiveness of our sins the beginnings are from us, so also in this judgment, it is by ourselves that the measures of our condemn…
Abba Antony also said, "He who knows himself knows all men. And he who can restrain himself is worthy of governing all men."
Abba Moses said, "If a man does not think in his heart that he is a sinner, God will not hear him." The brother asked, "What does it mean to think in his heart that he is a sinner?" The old man said, "When someone is occupied with his own faults, he does not see those of his neighbor."
She also said, "It is dangerous for anyone to teach who has not first been trained in the practical life. For if someone who owns a ruined house receives guests there, he does them harm because of the dilapidation of his dwelling. It is the same in the case of someone who has not first built an interior dwelling; he causes loss to those who come."
…and 1 more from this source.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • Josh 7:13 — Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before t
  • Luke 4:23 — And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
  • Luke 6:42 — 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
  • Luke 13:15 — The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
  • Matt 7:1 — Judge not, that ye be not judged.
  • Matt 22:18 — But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
  • Matt 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  • Ps 51:9 — Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.