Matthew 7:4 (GNV)

Passage

Or howe sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:2 Eor with what iudgement ye iudge, ye shall be iudged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you againe.

Matthew 7:3 And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brothers eye, and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

Matthew 7:4 Or howe sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?

Matthew 7:5 Hypocrite, first cast out that beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

Matthew 7:6 Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "howe", "sayest", "thou", "brother", "suffer", "cast", "mote", and "thine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "howe" and "sayest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And why seest thou the mote that..." into verse 5's "Hypocrite first cast out that beame out...", so "howe" and "sayest" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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