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Lv 7
? asked in Education & ReferenceQuotations · 5 years ago

Can someone please complete the quote "Pluck the beam from thine own eye..."?

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  • 5 years ago

    Bible (King James Authorised Version)

    Luke, Chapter 6, beginning at verse 41

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

    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."

    There is also

    Matthew, Chapter 7, beginning at verse 3

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

    Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

    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."

    Other Bible translations, of course, use slightly different wording

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    King James Bible, 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."

    Different Bible versions word it differently... Of course, it means to worry about -- and correct -- your own faults before you concern yourself with the faults of others.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Can someone please teach this child how to look things up in standard reference books such as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations?

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