Matthew 7:3
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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
In other translations
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
Greek words
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