⁷ Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁹ Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁴ Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

⁵ You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, That you have taken my covenant on your lips,

¹⁷ Seeing you hate instruction, And throw my words behind you?

¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.

¹⁹ "You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

²¹ You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

⁸ Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

⁷ Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, Much less do lying lips fit a prince.

²³ He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"