Remove the Beam in Your Own Eye - Luke 6:42

The beloved physician Luke shared how Jesus asked, “why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?”, and in chapter six and verse forty-two of his book Luke shares how Jesus questioned, “how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye?” where we read:

Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in your brother's eye.

The verse reads, “Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye?” Luke began with the words, “either how can you say” or “in what way are you capable and able to utter, declare and proclaim” “to your brother” which means “to disciple of Jesus' fellow man”, “Brother” or “fellow man”, “let me pull out the mote” which means “allow and permit the disciple of Jesus to remove the dry twig, straw or spec of chaff” “that is in your eye” or “that is within the fellow man's own physical eye”, “when you yourself behold not” which means “because and since the disciple of Jesus does not consider or look at” “the beam” or “the large stick of timber” “that is in your own eye” which means “that is within the disciple of Jesus' own physical eye”? Luke shared how Jesus wondered how the disciples who were listening to Him would be able to “declare” to their “fellow man” that they would “remove” the “spec of chaff” in their fellow man's eye without considering the “large plank” that is in their own eye.

The verse continues, “You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in your brother's eye.” Luke added the words, “you hypocrite” which means “you stage actor, dissembler or pretender”, “cast out first the beam” or “first drive, send out and remove the large stick of timber” “out of your own eye” which means “from Jesus' disciples' own physical eye”, “and then shall you see clearly” or “and therefore, wherefore and consequently Jesus' disciples will look through and recover full vision” “to pull out the mote” which means “to remove the spec of chaff” “that is in your brother's eye” or “that is within the physical eye of the fellow man of Jesus' disciples”. Luke shared how Jesus called people who do not observe the “large plank” in their own eye “stage actors or pretenders”, and He instructed them to remove the “large plank” in their own eye first so they will “recover full vision” and be able to “remove” the “spec of chaff” in their “fellow man's” eye.

When we meditate upon Luke's words in this verse, we see how Jesus directed the disciples listening to Him to remember they have “large faults” that need to be removed before they attempt to “remove” the tiny fault from others. God is perfect and sees clearly, and He offers forgiveness for sins to everyone who believes and trusts in His Son Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”. Then the “beam” that is within the disciple of Jesus' own eye will be known and noted, and removing their “large faults” will be a priority before they attempt to remove the “wrongs” of others. Let all who read these words consider and remove the “large plank” in their own eyes before they attempt to remove the comparatively “small faults” in the eyes of others.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus says, “a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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