Matthew 18:9
7 Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
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- BSB
- And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
- KJV
- And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- WEB
- If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
- ASV
- And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
- DARBY
- And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
- BLB
- And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast [it] from you. It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
- ÅB
- Og om øyet frister deg, så riv det ut og kast det fra deg! Det er bedre for deg å gå enøyet inn til livet enn å ha to øyne og bli kastet i helvetes ild.
- OTB
- Og hvis øyet ditt får deg til å synde, riv det ut og kast det fra deg. Det er bedre for deg å gå inn til livet med ett øye enn å ha to øyne og bli kastet i helvetes ild.
- B1930
- Og om ditt øie frister dig, da riv det ut og kast det fra dig! det er bedre for dig å gå enøiet inn til livet enn å ha to øine og bli kastet i helvedes ild.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Read in contextMatthew 18:8
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
Read in contextRevelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Read in contextMatthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
Read in contextMatthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Read in contextLuke 9:24–25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
Read in contextMatthew 19:23–24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Read in contextHebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
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