224th Post Jesus on Reproof and Forgieness Con't. - Matthew 7: 1 - 5

Matthew 7: 1 - 5; Mark 4: 24; Luke 6: 37 - 38 From: Jesus Sermon on the Mount.
Judge not, that you be not judged. For what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me remove the speck from your eye"; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
This passage was spoken by Jesus about 1.1/2 years into His earthly ministry. The passage mentioned above is from Matthew 7. It is interesting to look at all three of these passages, Matthew seems to focus on the negative, Mark focuses on positive, and Luke focuses on positive increase. Since these seem to be different, we will look at each one by itself. Matthew tells you not to judge, and then gives you the example of a brother with a speck in his eye. And you have a plank or a moat, or a log in your eye. What Jesus was trying to get across is that we tend to find someone who is having the same problem as we are struggling with, but instead of fixing our problem we try to fix our brother's problem first. The problem in our eye causes us not to be able to focus clearly to help our brother with their problem. Jesus tells us to fix our problem first and then try to fix our brother. This is the correct way to fix the problems.