Luke 6:39-45

Contemporary English Version

^39 (A) Jesus also used some sayings as he spoke to the people. He said:

Can one blind person lead another blind person? Won't they both fall into a ditch? ^40 (B) Are students better than their teacher? But when they are fully trained, they will be like their teacher.

⁴¹ You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye. ⁴² How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye? You show-offs! First, get the log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit

(Matthew 7.17-20; 12.34b,35)

⁴³ A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. ^44 (C) You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces. You cannot pick figs or grapes from thornbushes. ^45 (D) Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts, but bad people do bad things because of the evil in their hearts. Your words show what is in your heart.