<P> The Mote and the Beam is a parable of Jesus given in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 7, verses 1 to 5 . The discourse is fairly brief, and begins by warning his followers of the dangers of judging others, stating that they too would be judged by the same standard . The Sermon on the Plain has a similar passage in Luke 6: 37--42 . </P> <P> The New Testament text is as follows: </P> <P> 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged . 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again . 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 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? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye . </P> <P> The first two verses use plural "ye" and "you", and the next three verses use the singular "thou", "thy" and "thine" to the individual . (Luke 6: 41 was translated "thou" after using "ye" in Luke 6: 37 .) </P>

Judge not lest ye be judged by the same measure