Luke 6:41 (GNV)

Passage

And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

Nearby Context

Luke 6:39 And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer will be a perfect disciple, shall bee as his master.

Luke 6:41 And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

Luke 6:42 Either howe canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou see, perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

Luke 6:43 For it is not a good tree that bringeth foorth euill fruite: neither an euill tree, that bringeth foorth good fruite.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seest", "thou", "mote", "brothers", "considerest", "beame", "thine", and "owne". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seest" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "The disciple is not aboue his master..." into verse 42's "Either howe canst thou say to thy...", so "seest" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "seest" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.