King James Bible
"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?"
Jesus poses a rhetorical question challenging the audacity of approaching others with corrective intentions. The familial term 'brother' emphasizes this is about relationships within the community of faith, where presumed spiritual superiority can damage bonds. A 'mote' refers to a tiny speck like sawdust, representing minor faults one eagerly notices in others. The offer to remove it implies an assumption of moral clarity and superiority over the person being corrected. The hyperbolic contrast between a speck and a wooden beam exposes the absurdity of judging others while blind to one's own greater faults. This vivid carpentry metaphor would have resonated with Jesus' audience, driving home the principle of self-examination before criticism.