John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 7:5 - 7:5

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 7:5 - 7:5


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Mat 7:5. Διαβλέψεις, thou shalt see beyond) now that the beam has been taken out of the way, and no longer interposes itself between you and your brother’s eye, and that your own is relieved of the incumbrance. He who, having first corrected himself, seeks to correct another, is not a perverse judge.[302]

[302] For what man is there, who does not gladly allow a straw [thorn] to be extracted from his finger, not to say from his eye, by a skilfully applied hand? The principle is the same as in the gnat and the camel, chap, Mat 23:24.-V. g.