Against Judging (Luke 6:37 f., Luke 6:41 f.)· Mt. here returns (from Matthew 5:48) to the Sermon as it stood in Q. The subjects of the kingdom are warned against a censorious habit of mind; judging involves judgment, ultimate and Divine, or (as Mt. interprets it) present and human. Note how Lk. in the parallel to Matthew 7:2 goes on to enjoin a kindly bearing towards others. Matthew 7:3 illustrates the warning of Matthew 7:1. mote: a piece of dry wood or straw, a chip or splinter. Cf. the Rabbinic proverb, He who accuses another of a fault has it himself, and Romans 2:1. The censorious man is a hypocrite (Matthew 7:5), because his unkind criticism disguises itself as a kindly act.

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