Matthew 7:1-5
Chapter 7
1
Judging Others
Do not judge, and you will not be judged.2
In the same way, you judge others, you will be judged; and the measure you use for others will be used for you.
3
Why do you notice the speck in your brother’s eye but ignore the plank in your own?
4
How can you tell your brother, ‘Come, let me take the speck from your eye,’ when you have a plank in your own?
5
Hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Commentaries
Judging Others – Holy Things.
The Sermon on the Mount gradually dismantles the internal barriers and conditioning that imprison and enslave people from a new perspective that transforms ethics and all traditional human behavior: the presence of the kingdom of God. It does so by addressing the law of retaliation, the desire to possess, and anxiety about tomorrow; now it also challenges judgment against one’s brother.