The Meaning of Luke 6:41 Explained

Luke 6:41

KJV: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

YLT: And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

Darby: But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

ASV: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Discover Luke 6:41

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Luke 6:41?

MEANING: What does Luke 6:41 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Luke 6:41 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Luke 6:41?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  why  beholdest thou  the mote  that is in  thy  brother's  eye,  but  perceivest  not  the beam  that is in  thine own  eye? 

What does Luke 6:41 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 6:39-49 - The Test That Reveals Character
Yes, it is true! Some day we shall be perfected. The long discipline will be over, and we shall be able to close our lesson books and go home. We shall then be found to be like Christ, our Lord. The promise of Luke 6:40 is very beautiful, though it sometimes seems far away.
We need to look at home first, before we essay to judge or condemn others. It is blundering waste to deal with other people's eyes if you have a defect in yours. Colorblind men ought not to run trains. Speech betrayeth men; what they say, that they are. The man who is quickest to judge and discuss the faults of another does so because of his own experience of the same sin. How else could he know so much about it?
The rock is not the Church, nor doctrine, nor even the Bible, but Christ, Isaiah 28:16. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 6

1  Jesus reproves the Pharisees;
12  chooses apostles;
17  heals the diseased;
20  preaches to his disciples before the people: the beattitudes;
27  Love your Enemy
37  Do not Judge
43  A Tree and Its Fruit
46  The House on the Rock

Greek Commentary for Luke 6:41

Mote [καρπος]
See notes on Matthew 7:3-5 for discussion of these words in this parabolic proverb kin to several of ours today. [source]
Beholdest [δοκὸν]
See on Matthew 7:3. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 6:41 mean?

Why now look you at the splinter that [is] in the eye of the brother of you - and the beam that [is] own not notice
Τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου τὴν δὲ δοκὸν τὴν ἰδίῳ οὐ κατανοεῖς

Τί  Why 
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: τίς  
Sense: who, which, what.
δὲ  now 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: δέ  
Sense: but, moreover, and, etc.
βλέπεις  look  you  at 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: βλέπω  
Sense: to see, discern, of the bodily eye.
κάρφος  splinter 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: κάρφος  
Sense: a dry stalk or twig, a straw.
τὸ  that  [is] 
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ὀφθαλμῷ  eye 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular
Root: ὀφθαλμός  
Sense: the eye.
τοῦ  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀδελφοῦ  brother 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ἀδελφός  
Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother.
σου  of  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
τὴν  - 
Parse: Article, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
δοκὸν  the  beam 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: δοκός  
Sense: a beam.
τὴν  that  [is] 
Parse: Article, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἰδίῳ  own 
Parse: Adjective, Dative Masculine Singular
Root: ἴδιος  
Sense: pertaining to one’s self, one’s own, belonging to one’s self.
κατανοεῖς  notice 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: κατανοέω  
Sense: to perceive, remark, observe, understand.

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