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41 “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye[a] when you have a log in your own?

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  1. 6:41 Greek your brother’s eye; also in 6:42.

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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They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”

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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 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.

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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 Judgment of Sin

You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very 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 Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal? 22 You say it is wrong to commit adultery, but do you commit adultery? You condemn idolatry, but do you use items stolen from pagan temples?[a] 23 You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it. 24 No wonder the Scriptures say, “The Gentiles blaspheme the name of God because of you.”[b]

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  1. 2:22 Greek do you steal from temples?
  2. 2:24 Isa 52:5 (Greek version).

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

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye[a] when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying to your friend,[b] ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

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  1. 7:3 Greek your brother’s eye; also in 7:5.
  2. 7:4 Greek your brother.

“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 Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing. 41 No, you are imitating your real father.”

They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”

42 Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me. 43 Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me! 44 For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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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 human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
    and desperately wicked.
    Who really knows how bad it is?

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

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David was furious. “As surely as the Lord lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die! He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.

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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 They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will 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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In their blind conceit,
    they cannot see how wicked they really are.

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

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But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.

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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 The Lord will repay him[a] for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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  1. 2:32 Hebrew will return his blood on his own head.

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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