From 280f0435cf3ca9438ef7cbeb68a276601b1181c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2023 19:07:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'mat/07/03.md' --- mat/07/03.md | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/mat/07/03.md b/mat/07/03.md index 21ad3053ed..b63b3beebc 100644 --- a/mat/07/03.md +++ b/mat/07/03.md @@ -1,14 +1,10 @@ -# General Information: - -Jesus is talking to a group of people about what they as individuals should or should not do. The instances of "you" and "your" are all singular, but in some languages they may need to be plural. - # Why do you look ... brother's eye, but you do not take notice of the log that is in your own eye? -Jesus uses this question to rebuke the people for paying attention to other people's sins and ignoring their own. Alternate translation: "You look ... brother's eye, but you do not notice the log that is in your own eye." or "Do not look ... brother's eye and ignore the log that is in your own eye." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +Jesus uses this question to rebuke the people for paying attention to other people's sins and ignoring their own. Alternate translation: "You look ... brother's eye, but you do not notice the log that is in your own eye." or "Do not look ... brother's eye and ignore the log that is in your own eye." # the tiny piece of straw that is in your brother's eye -This is a metaphor that refers to the less important faults of a fellow believer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +This refers to the less important faults of a fellow believer. # tiny piece of straw @@ -20,9 +16,8 @@ All occurrences of "brother" in 7:3-5 refer to a fellow believer, not to a liter # the log that is in your own eye -This is a metaphor for a person's most important faults. A log could not literally go into a person's eye. Jesus is exaggerating to emphasize that a person should pay attention to his own more important faults before he deals with another person's less important faults. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]]) +This is refers to a person's serious faults. Jesus is saying that a person should pay attention to his own serious faults before he deals with another person's less important faults. # log -the largest part of a tree that someone has cut down - +the largest part of a tree that someone has cut down \ No newline at end of file