eye.”50 The explanation comes next, as expected: “Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” “First,” πρῶτον, has occurred also in 5:24, first be reconciled, and in 6:33, seek first the reign of God. Each time it has come in the transforming initiative part of the teaching. This confirms the triadic pattern, with the emphasis on the third member. In its echo of the transforming initiative immediately preceding, “seek first the reign of God,” it suggests that the initiative