^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?

⁷ 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.”

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

God’s Righteous Judgment

2 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.

^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.

^3 (A)And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ 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? ⁵ Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

^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.

⁵ 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! ⁶ And he shall restore ^(A)fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”

⁷ 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.