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speck
(Gk. karphes, "dry" twig or straw). Any small, dry particle, such as of chaff,
wood, etc. (Mt 7:3-5; Lk 6:41-42), and figurative of some slight moral defect
seen in another. The KJV term is "mote."
The self-righteous man is likely to see these, while being unconscious of
greater evils in himself.
The proverb was a familiar one with the Hebrews.