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Matthew 7:1 is a popular quotation for not to be judgemental, but rarely is the verse quoted in full, and almost never quoted with everything Jesus was saying on the matter.

The Bible doesn't actually tell us not to judge anywhere. Instead what Jesus said was:

"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." - Matthew 7:1-5

We all make judgements of some degree or another. These could be both good or bad, but what Jesus is pointing out in Matthew 7:1-5 is hypocritical judgements.

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