Response to LoSho25
Lauren,
Try reading the version The Message - it makes more sense:
"It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your face for you,' when your own face is distorted by contempt? It's this I-know-better-than-you mentality again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your own part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor."
Basically, Jesus was trying to point out that if you are doing wrong, you should deal with your own sins before telling your neighbor what they are doing wrong. Basically, don't judge others and think of them as a 'worse person' than you when you are sinning as well.
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