Against hypocrisy he spoke
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but
perceivest 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 pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s
eye.
(ST LUKE 6:41:42)
Against hypocrisy he spoke.
He spoke out against pettiness and readiness to point a finger at others. Against the readiness to judge. And against the pleasure to so easily consider the faults of others. And to readily point out how others are wrong. And to revel in how oneself is so right. Always so right. Against such Jesus spoke.
And it makes one sensitive and to think: ‘Indeed, how can I go to my brother and say, Come, I shall remove that dust in your eye? - when I myself have a splinter in mine? Should I not first have mine removed to help my brother?’
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but
perceivest 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 pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s
eye.