38 “Give, and it shall be given to you. A good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over shall be put into your lap. For with the same measure with which you measure, it shall be measured back to you.”
39 And He spoke a parable to them, “Is a blind able to lead a blind? Shall they not both fall into a pit?
40 “A taught one is not above his teacher, but everyone perfected shall be like his teacher.
41 “And why do you see the splinter in your brother’s eye, but are not aware of the plank in your own eye?
42 “Or how are you able to say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,’ not seeing the plank in your own eye? Hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to take out the splinter that is in your brother’s eye.
43 “For a good tree does not yield rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree yield good fruit.
44 “For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.