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Matthew 7:1-6

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1“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

6“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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1)       According to what Jesus said in verse 1 why should we not judge?

o   We should not judge.

o   Or we too will be judged.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said in verse 2 how would we be judged?

o   In the same way we judge others, we will be judged.

o   With the measure we use, it will be measured to us.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verse 3 what is our hypocrisy in the way we judge others?

o   We

§  Only look at the speck of sawdust in our brother’s eye.

§  And pay no attention to the plank in our own eye.

 

4)       According to what Jesus said in verse 4 why are we not in a position to take the speck out of our brother’s eye?

o   It is because we pay no attention to the plank in our own eye.

 

5)       According to what Jesus said in verse 5 when would we be in a position to remove the speck from our brother’s eye?

o   We first need to take the plank out of our own eye.

 

6)       What do dogs and pigs in verse 6 symbolize?

o   Dogs and pigs in verse 6 symbolize people who have no appreciation of what is sacred and precious.

 

7)       According to what Jesus said in verse 6 what would happen when we give people things which are sacred and precious and for which they have no appreciation?

o   They may

§  Trample them under their feet.

§  And

Ø  Turn. 

Ø  And tear us to pieces.

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Matthew 7:1-6

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