Look at Yourselves^(A)

³⁷ “Don’t judge others, and you will not be judged. Don’t ·accuse others of being guilty [condemn others], and you will not be ·accused of being guilty [condemned]. ·Forgive [Pardon; Release], and you will be ·forgiven [pardoned; released]. ³⁸ Give, and ·you will receive [^Lit will be given to you]. ·You will be given much [^L…a good measure…]. ·Pressed down [Compacted], shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap [^Cthe image is of grain overflowing its container]. The ·way you give to [standard/measure you use with] others is the ·way God will give to [standard/measure God will use with] you.”

³⁹ Jesus told them this ·story [parable]: “Can a blind person ·lead [guide] another blind person? No! Both of them will fall into a ·ditch [pit; hole]. ⁴⁰ A ·student [disciple] is not ·better than [above] the teacher, but ·the student [^Leveryone] who has been fully trained will be like the teacher.

⁴¹ “Why do you notice the ·little piece of dust [speck; tiny splinter] in your ·friend’s [^Lbrother’s (or sister’s)] eye, but you don’t ·notice [consider] the ·big piece of wood [log; plank; beam] in your own eye? ⁴² How can you say to your ·friend [^Lbrother], ‘·Friend [^LBrother], let me take that ·little piece of dust [speck; tiny splinter] out of your eye’ when you cannot see that ·big piece of wood [log; plank; beam] in your own eye! You hypocrite! First, take the ·wood [log; plank; beam] out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the ·dust [speck; tiny splinter] out of your friend’s [^Lbrother’s] eye.

Be Careful About Judging Others^(A)

7 “Don’t judge others, ·or you will [so that you will not] be judged. ² You will be judged in the same way that you judge others, and ·the amount you give to others will be given to you [or the standard you use for others will be the standard used for you; ^Lwith the measure you measure, it will be measured to you].

³ “Why do you notice the ·little piece of dust [speck; tiny splinter] in your ·friend’s [^Lbrother’s (or sister’s)] eye, but you don’t ·notice [consider] the ·big piece of wood [log; plank; beam] in your own eye? ⁴ How can you say to your ·friend [^Lbrother], ‘Let me take that ·little piece of dust [speck; splinter] out of your eye’? ·Look at yourself [^TBehold]! You still have that ·big piece of wood [log; plank; beam] in your own eye. ⁵ You hypocrite! First, take the ·wood [log; plank; beam] out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the ·dust [speck; splinter] out of your ·friend’s [^Lbrother’s] eye.

²⁴ [And he said to them,] “·Think carefully about [Pay attention to] what you hear. ·The way you give to others is the way God will give to you [or The standard you use to judge others will be the standard used for you; ^LWith the measure you measure, it will be measured to you], ·but God will give you even more [and even more will be added to you]. ²⁵ Those who ·have understanding [^Lhave] will be given more. But those who do not ·have understanding [^Lhave], even what they have will be taken away from them. [^CThe Greek does not say what they have; but the context suggests spiritual understanding to comprehend the mysteries of the kingdom (v. 11).]