41 (A)And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?

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41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

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So when they continued asking Him, He [a]raised Himself up and said to them, (A)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”

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  1. John 8:7 M He looked up

When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone(A) at her.”(B)

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24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

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24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

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God’s Righteous Judgment

Therefore you are (A)inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, (B)for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

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God’s Righteous Judgment

You, therefore, have no excuse,(A) you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.(B)

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21 (A)You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, (B)do you rob temples? 23 You who (C)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For (D)“the name of God is (E)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

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21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(A) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(B) 23 You who boast in the law,(C) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](D)

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  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22

(A)And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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40 (A)But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth (B)which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father.”

Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; (C)we have one Father—God.”

42 Jesus said to them, (D)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for (E)I proceeded forth and came from God; (F)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 (G)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 (H)You are of your father the devil, and the (I)desires of your father you want to (J)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and (K)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

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40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,(A) a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.(B) Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(C)

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(D)

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(E) for I have come here from God.(F) I have not come on my own;(G) God sent me.(H) 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil,(I) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.(J) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(K)

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“The (A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And [a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

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  1. Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick

The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

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So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this [a]shall surely die! And he shall restore (A)fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I (B)anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:5 deserves to die, lit. is a son of death

David(A) burned with anger(B) against the man(C) and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives,(D) the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over,(E) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!(F) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed(G) you(H) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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28 Because he (A)considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

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28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.(A)

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For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

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In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.(A)

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(A)But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s [a]word was abominable to Joab.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 21:6 command

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

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32 So the Lord (A)will return his [a]blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous (B)and better than he, and killed them with the sword—(C)Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it.

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  1. 1 Kings 2:32 Or bloodshed

32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.

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