Matthew 7:3 (YLT)

Passage

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:1 `Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

Matthew 7:2 for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

Matthew 7:3 `And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

Matthew 7:4 or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye?

Matthew 7:5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dost", "thou", "behold", "mote", "brother's", "beam", and "thine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dost" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "for in what judgment ye judge ye..." into verse 4's "or how wilt thou say to thy...", so "dost" and "thou" 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 "dost" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.