Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 7:3

"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother`s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" — Matthew 7:3 (ASV)

And why do you behold the mote that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?

There is something in yourself that is worthy of your consideration, something that you ought to consider: a big, blinding beam in your own eye. As for the mote that is in your brother's eye, there is no need that you should even see it. Why do you behold it?

Charity is always a little blind to the faults of others, for it remembers so well its own.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

It is a beam. You do not see it because it is in your own eye.

How is it that you can be so severe towards that which is in another, and so lenient towards yourself?