Matthew 18:8

American Standard Version (1901)

And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὰ, καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ: καλόν σοί ἐστὶν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν χωλὸν ἢ κυλλὸν, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

Transliteration

If but the cheir of you or the pous of you skandalizei you, ekkopson them, and bale from you: kalon to you estin eiselthein into the zōēn chōlon or kyllon, than two cheiras or two podas echonta blēthēnai into the pyr the aiōnion.

Grammar Details

• *cheir*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - hand
• *pous*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - foot
• *skandalizei*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - causes to stumble/offends
• *ekkopson*: verb, aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular - cut off
• *bale*: verb, aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular - throw/cast
• *kalon*: adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - good/better
• *estin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is
• *eiselthein*: verb, aorist, active, infinitive - to enter
• *zōēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *chōlon*: adjective, accusative, masculine, singular - lame/crippled
• *kyllon*: adjective, accusative, masculine, singular - maimed/crippled
• *cheiras*: noun, accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *podas*: noun, accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *echonta*: participle, present, active, accusative, masculine, singular - having
• *blēthēnai*: verb, aorist, passive, infinitive - to be thrown/cast
• *pyr*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - fire
• *aiōnion*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - eternal/everlasting

Word Meanings

• *cheir*: hand/arm
• *pous*: foot/leg
• *skandalizei*: causes to stumble/offends/entices to sin
• *ekkopson*: cut off/cut out/chop off
• *bale*: throw/cast/hurl
• *kalon*: good/better/beneficial
• *eiselthein*: to enter/to go into
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *chōlon*: lame/crippled/disabled
• *kyllon*: maimed/crippled/deformed
• *echonta*: having/possessing
• *blēthēnai*: to be thrown/to be cast
• *pyr*: fire/flame
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. [ 30 And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
• Deut 13:6-8 : 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Rev 14:10 : 10 he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
• Rev 20:15 : 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
• Luke 16:24 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.
• Luke 18:22-23 : 22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich.
• Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
• Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
• Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
• Matt 15:30-31 : 30 And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at this feet; and he healed them: 31 insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Isa 2:20-21 : 20 In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
• Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. 44 (Ommitted) 45 And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell. 46 (Ommitted) 47 And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell; 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire .
• Luke 14:26-27 : 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
• Luke 14:33 : 33 So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.