Luke 6:41

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Luke 6:41

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?”
King James Version (1611) - View original scan of Luke chapter 6

“"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”
New American Standard Version (1995)

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
American Standard Version (1901)

“And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?”
Basic English Bible

“But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?”
Darby Bible

“And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? ”
Douay Rheims Bible

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thy own eye? ”
Webster's Bible

“And why look at the splinter in your brother's eye instead of giving careful attention to the beam in your own?”
Weymouth Bible

“Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?”
World English Bible

“And what seest thou in thi brotheris iye a moot, but thou biholdist not a beem, that is in thin owne iye?”
Wycliffe Bible

“`And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that [is] in thine own eye dost not consider?”
Youngs Literal Bible

Rupert Reiger's comment on 2010-04-02 13:27:38:

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

Leads directly to The categorical imperative.
The categorical imperative is the central philosophical concept in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

So Luke 6:41 is identical to
categorical imperative 2nd formulation:
"Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end and never merely as a means to an end"

Which directly leads to
categorical imperative 1st formulation:
"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction."

Interesting, how this little sentence from Luke 6:41 is directly leading and is the basis of a great philosophy, 1800 years later.

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