The discourse on judgementalism, Matthew 7:1-6, follows the discourse on ostentation in the sermon on the mount. The discourse is fairly brief, and begins by condemning those who would judge others, arguing that they too would be judged. Specifically, the Greek term usually translated as judge also refers to condemnation, and hence the text states that those who condemn others would be condemned. The sermon on the plain also makes a similar argument, and many scholars feel that it derives from the Q document. A few commentators, like France, claim that when Matthew describes God carrying out an action the narrative shifts to the passive voice, and that Matthew's use of the passive voice implies that God is the judge and condemner. 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Many conservative Protestant Christians believe that not all forms of judging are being condemned, and feel it quite acceptable to censor heretics, particularly as a wide array of judging is presented favourably elsewhere in the New Testament; Morris, for example, feels it is only an attack on hasty and unfair judgement, or against hypocrisy. However, most others view this as twisting an obvious conclusion to avoid having to carry it out, and to allow them to impose their own perceptions of morality on others. Many Anabaptist groups even argued that this is an attack on all judicial authority, instead believing that there should be radical egalitarianism. The argument also had an important impact on the development of monasticism, whereby monks convicted of the severest crimes would merely be placed in solitary confinement in the hope that they repented, and ascetics viewed it as supporting their stance that it is better to withdraw from the world than judge it. Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ... Anabaptists (Greek ana+baptizo without-baptizers, German: Wiedertäufer) were Christians of the Radical Reformation. ... Egalitarianism can refer to moral as well as factual theories. ... Asceticism denotes a life which is characterized by refraining from worldly pleasures (austerity). ...

The discourse also argues that what you mete out is meted back to you. A slight variation on this wording was a popular phrase in mediaeval and renaissance England, and measure for measure even became the title of one of Shakespeare's plays, though in modern times an equivalent paraphrase - you reap what you sow - is far more popular. While most people interpret this as advocating tolerance and understanding, conservative groups have come to view this interpretation as excessively liberal, and instead, commentators like Luz interpret it merely a re-iteration of the prior command not to judge. Measure for Measure is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1603. ...

Matthew goes on to describe Jesus as illustrating the principles by a metaphorical hyperbole, in which it is pointed out that it would be ridiculous to help someone remove a splinter or a piece of sawdust from their eye, if you yourself had an entire log in yours and hadn't first tried to get solve your own flaw. Most regard this metaphor as an attack on hypocrisy, condemning those with major flaws for attacking the minor flaws in others. Hill argues that this metaphor is meant ironically, that since it is improbable for one to ever remove their own flaws completely, there will never be a point at which one can justify judging others - much like the famed let he who is without sin cast the first stone in the Gospel of John.. In language, a metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin) is a rhetorical trope defined as a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects. ... Look up hyperbole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

References

• Fowler, Harold. The Gospel of Matthew: Volume One. Joplin: College Press, 1968
• France, R.T. The Gospel According to Matthew: an Introduction and Commentary. Leicester: Inter-Varsity, 1985.
• Hendriksen, William. The Gospel of Matthew. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1976
• Hill, David. The Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981
• Luz, Ulrich. Matthew 1-7: A Commentary. trans. Wilhlem C. Linss. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortess, 1989.
• Morris, Leon. The Gospel According to Matthew. Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans, 1992.
• Patte, Daniel. The Gospel According to Matthew: A Structural Commentary on Matthew's Faith.
• Schweizer, Eduard. The Good News According to Matthew. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1975