matthew-7:2-3

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 7:3-5

Matthew 7:3-5The mote that is in thy brother’s eye.Three lessons stand out conspicuously in the text.1. Close inspection of ourselves, lest any evil lurk there unobserved which we abhor in others; lest we be like the farmer whose field is overrun with weeds, who delights in pointing out the defective condition of a neighbour’s farm.2. Avoidance of passing rash judgments on others.3. Readiness to assist others in overcoming their faults. (Baring Gould, M. A.)The beam and the moteI. That sin may... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 7:2

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Ver. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, &c. ] Our Saviour sets forth what he had said before by these two proverbial sentences, as well known among them as those among us: "Ye shall sow as ye reap, drink as ye brew, be served with the same sauce," &c. a Compare herewith those divine proverbs,Isaiah 33:1; Isaiah 33:1 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 13:2 ; Proverbs... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 7:3

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? Ver. 3. And why beholdest thou ] Here is the true method of preaching, by doctrine and use, explication and application. Ministers must (as our Saviour in his text) bring hammers with their nails, Jeremiah 23:29 , and drive them into the very head, yea, goad men to the quick, Ecclesiastes 12:11 ; that the people’s hearts may either break, as theirs,Acts 2:37; Acts 2:37 , or... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 7:2

Judges 1:7, Psalms 18:25, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 137:7, Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 51:24, Obadiah 1:15, Mark 4:24, Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, James 2:13, Revelation 18:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 19:36 - General Genesis 29:25 - wherefore Genesis 42:21 - we saw Genesis 44:16 - God hath Exodus 4:9 - blood Exodus 14:26 - the waters Exodus 21:24 - General Leviticus 19:35 - in meteyard Leviticus 24:19 - General Judges 5:27 - where Judges 9:23 - dealt Judges 9:56... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 7:3

why: Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42, Luke 18:11 but: 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:6, 2 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 28:10, Psalms 50:16-Ecclesiastes :, John 8:7-1 Samuel :, Galatians 6:1 Reciprocal: Hosea 4:4 - let Matthew 15:3 - Why Mark 2:24 - why Mark 7:2 - they found Mark 10:25 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 7:2

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you — Awful words! So we may, as it were, choose for ourselves, whether God shall be severe or merciful to us. God and man will favour the candid and benevolent: but they must expect judgment without mercy, who have showed no mercy. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 7:3

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?In particular, why do you open your eyes to any fault of your brother, while you yourself are guilty of a much greater? The mote - The word properly signifies a splinter or shiver of wood. This and a beam, its opposite, were proverbially used by the Jews, to denote, the one, small infirmities, the other, gross, palpable faults. Luke 6:41. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:1-27

III. CHRISTIAN PIETY DISTINGUISHED FROM GENTILISM, Matthew 6:19 to Matthew 7:27. Fallen Judaism is the impure service of the true God; Gentilism is the true service of a false god. That god is the world-god Mammon. Gentilism has lost its divine parent; it has become orphaned of our Father who is in heaven. In his place it has substituted the Mammon service and the earthly goods. After all these things do the Gentiles seek. Matthew 6:32. It is perfectly plain that with Matthew 6:18 our Lord... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:2

2. Ye shall be judged We must take care that our judgments will stand this test, and all is right. With what measure ye mete Our Lord here states the divine penalty for this unholy judging. It is the divine retribution symbolically stated in the terms of the law of retaliation, like for like. The unjust judge shall be paid off in unjust judgment. To the froward God will prove himself froward. Psalms 18:26. The sentiment literally is, The wicked estimator shall be judged according... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:3

3. Mote… beam… eye The mote is a small splinter, and the beam is a whole rafter. The eye is the man’s judging or opining faculty. The mote and the beam are the interferences to our seeing or judging things purely and fairly. Thy brother’ s eye… thy own Thou perceivest on thy own selfish judgment-seat that thy brother has very absurd opinions; he sees things very strangely; it is because of that little splinter in his eye; take it out. Alas! there is no splinter there. What... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 7:3-5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 7:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 7:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 7:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 7:3

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 7:2

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 7:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:1-27

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:2

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:3

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