Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 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? 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 (Matthew 7: 1-5)

Matthew Chapter 7, which concludes Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, has many practical instructions for believers. In the above passage, Jesus cautioned His hearers against a fault-finding spirit. Addressing the multitude, our Saviour had sharp words for those who criticised others harshly and unjustly. The Lord even used metaphors – of the “mote” and the “beam” in the eye – to paint the ugly truth about censorious people (vv. 3-5).