Judging Others^(A)

7 “Stop judging, so that you won’t be judged, ² because the way that you judge^[a] others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.

³ “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? ⁴ Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when the beam is in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Despising the Holy

⁶ “Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.”