Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Luke 6:42

"Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother`s eye." — Luke 6:42 (ASV)

The humorous illustration of the “speck” and the “plank” hits the mark with force when the person who casually calls the person he is criticizing “brother” suddenly hears himself being called “hypocrite” by the Lord.