matthew-7:2-3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:1-5

Matthew 7:1-Deuteronomy : . Against Judging ( Luke 6:37 f., Luke 6:41 f.)·— Mt. here returns (from Matthew 5:48) to the Sermon as it stood in Q. The subjects of the kingdom are warned against a censorious habit of mind; judging involves judgment, ultimate and Divine, or (as Mt. interprets it) present and human. Note how Lk. in the parallel to Matthew 7:2 goes on to enjoin a kindly bearing towards others. Matthew 7:3-Deuteronomy : illustrates the warning of Matthew 7:1.— mote: a piece of dry... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 7:1-2

Our Saviour must not be understood here prohibiting any judgment, which is elsewhere in holy writ allowed, for the Holy Spirit doth not command and prohibit the same thing; whence it if evident, that it is not to be understood of political or ecclesiastical judgments, nor was our Saviour here speaking to any such persons: it is therefore to be understood of private judgments, nor of them absolutely, for it is lawful for us to judge ourselves, yea, it is our duty, 1 Corinthians 11:31; Nor is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 7:3-5

Whether the word translated mote signifieth a mote or a splinter, is of no great concern to know. Our Saviour expounded this text, when he said to the Pharisees, bringing him a woman taken in adultery: Let him that is guiltless throw the first stone. So doth the apostle Paul, Romans 2:1. The text teacheth us these lessons: 1. That those who are most censorious of others, are usually more notorious and culpable themselves, if not for the same sins, yet for others of equal if not greater... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 7:1-12

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 7:3. Mote.—The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identical is found as a saying of Rabbi Tarphon (Plumptre). Beam.—A graphic and almost droll representation of a comparatively great fault. The word means a log, joist, or rafter (Morison).Matthew 7:6. Give not, etc.—The connection between this verse and the preceding section is not quite obvious. It seems to be... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:1-6

Matthew 7:1-6 The law kept by sympathy. "Judge not, that ye be not judged." This word of Christ's implies I. That we are not to be eager to spy out our neighbour's faults, for that is not worthy, not Christian, not fulfilling the law of God. The more vigilant we are over him, the more careless we are of ourselves. The less we spare his faults, the more tender we grow of our own. The men who are most censorious are just the very men who are themselves the least faultless, the most indulgent to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:2

Matthew 7:2 The New Testament is full of a natural and necessary reciprocity between man and the things by which he is surrounded. Every gift has its return, every act has its consequence, every call has its answer in this great, live, alert world, where man stands central, and all things have their eyes on him, and their ears open to his voice. I. Even with man's relations to the material earth this law is true. "They treated nature as they would." So all men all races treat nature according... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 7:1-2

DISCOURSE: 1325AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGINGMatthew 7:1-2. Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.AMONGST the many faults with which the Pharisees of old were chargeable, that of censoriousness appears to have been peculiarly prominent. In the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, the Pharisee is represented as condemning his fellow-worshipper, and building his own reputation on... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 7:3-5

DISCOURSE: 1326THE BEAM AND THE MOTEMatthew 7:3-5. 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.OBSERVATION and experience shew, that the less any person is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:1-29

Matthew 7:1-29I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his teaching habits. And He used the method of declaring a principle, amplifying it and then illustrating it. He declares a truth. It's important that we have certain principles established within our life by which we live. We need to know why we live by these principles and that's understood by having them illustrated for us. And so He follows... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 7:1-29

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, than one innocent man be unjustly censured. Slander exasperates the injured to judge us again with great wrath, and it exposes us to the judgment and displeasure of God. Matthew 7:6 . Give not that which is holy to the dogs. A proverbial expression, importing that some men cannot be reformed by... read more