▁Jersey ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁M ote ▁and ▁the ▁Be am ▁is ▁a ▁par able ▁of ▁Jesus ▁given ▁in ▁the ▁S erm on ▁on ▁the ▁Mount ▁in ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Matthew , ▁chapter ▁ 7 , ▁vers es ▁. ▁The ▁disc ourse ▁is ▁fairly ▁brief , ▁and ▁begins ▁by ▁warning ▁his ▁follow ers ▁of ▁the ▁d angers ▁of ▁jud ging ▁others , ▁stating ▁that ▁they ▁too ▁would ▁be ▁jud ged ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁standard . ▁The ▁S erm on ▁on ▁the ▁P lain ▁has ▁a ▁similar ▁passage ▁in ▁. ▁ ▁N arr ative ▁The ▁New ▁Testament ▁text ▁is ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁vers es ▁use ▁pl ural ▁" ye " ▁and ▁" you ", ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁vers es ▁use ▁the ▁singular ▁" th ou ", ▁" thy " ▁and ▁" th ine " ▁to ▁the ▁individual . ▁( ▁was ▁translated ▁" th ou " ▁after ▁using ▁" ye " ▁in ▁. ) ▁ ▁Inter pret ation ▁ ▁The ▁moral ▁less on ▁is ▁to ▁avoid ▁hyp oc ris y , ▁self - r igh te ous ness , ▁and ▁c ensor ious ness . ▁The ▁anal ogy ▁used ▁is ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁object ▁in ▁another ' s ▁eye ▁as ▁compared ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁beam ▁of ▁wood ▁in ▁one ' s ▁own . ▁The ▁original ▁Greek ▁word ▁translated ▁as ▁" m ote " ▁( ▁kar ph os ) ▁meant ▁" any ▁small ▁dry ▁body ". ▁The ▁terms ▁m ote ▁and ▁beam ▁are ▁from ▁the ▁King ▁James