Agreed, the rope metaphor is better. Having: "...why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the camel that is in thine own

Agreed, the rope metaphor is better. Having: "...why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the camel that is in thine own eye?" isn't better than "beam" or "log" either.