# Matthew 7.2

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">Judge not, that ye be not judged.</span>
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> **2. <span class="rl-speech">For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.</span>**
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> 3. <span class="rl-speech">And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?</span> (Matthew 7:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.</span>
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> **2. <span class="rl-speech">For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.</span>**
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> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?</span> (Matthew 7:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">Judge not, that ye be not judged.</span>
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> **2. <span class="rl-speech">For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.</span>**
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> 3. <span class="rl-speech">And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?</span> (Matthew 7:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">'Judge not, that ye may not be judged,</span>
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> **2. <span class="rl-speech">for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.</span>**
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> 3. <span class="rl-speech">'And why dost thou behold the mote that [is] in thy brother'</span>s eye, and the beam that [is] in thine own eye dost not consider? 4. or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam [is] in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Christians Behaving Badly Defeater](/codex/christians-behaving-badly-defeater/), via [Matthew 7.1-5](/codex/matthew-7-1-5/)
- [Christians Cannot Judge Objection Defeater](/codex/christians-cannot-judge-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 7.1-5](/codex/matthew-7-1-5/), [Matthew 7.2-5](/codex/matthew-7-2-5/)

**Concepts:**

- [Hypocrisy](/codex/hypocrisy/), via [Matthew 7.1-5](/codex/matthew-7-1-5/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 7](/codex/matthew-7/)
- [Sermon on the Mount](/codex/sermon-on-the-mount/), via [Matthew 7](/codex/matthew-7/), [Matthew 7.1-14](/codex/matthew-7-1-14/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1253 - diakrisis](/codex/g1253-diakrisis/), via [Matthew 7.1-5](/codex/matthew-7-1-5/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.