Matthew 5:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἰ ἡ δεξιά σου χεὶρ σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὴν, καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ: συμφέρει γάρ σοι ἵνα ἀπόληται ἓν τῶν μελῶν σου, καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου βληθῇ εἰς γέενναν.

Transliteration

And ei the dexia of-you cheir skandalizei you, ekkopson it, and bale from you: sympherei gar to-you that apolētai one of-the melōn of-you, and not whole the sōma of-you blēthē into geennan.

Grammar Details

*ei*: conditional conjunction - if
*dexia*: nominative feminine singular - right
*cheir*: nominative feminine singular - hand
*skandalizei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - causes to stumble
*ekkopson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - cut off!
*bale*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - throw!
*sympherei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - it profits/benefits
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*apolētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might perish
*melōn*: genitive neuter plural - of members/limbs
*sōma*: nominative neuter singular - body
*blēthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be thrown
*geennan*: accusative feminine singular - Gehenna/hell

Word Meanings

*ei*: if/whether
*dexia*: right/right-hand
*cheir*: hand/arm
*skandalizei*: causes to stumble/trip/fall into sin
*ekkopson*: cut off/sever/amputate
*bale*: throw/cast
*sympherei*: profits/benefits/is better
*apolētai*: might perish/be destroyed/be lost
*melōn*: members/limbs/parts
*sōma*: body/physical being
*blēthē*: might be thrown/cast
*geennan*: Gehenna/hell (valley of Hinnom, place of burning)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 5:29 : 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.
Mark 9:43 : 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.
Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Luke 17:2 : 2 It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Rom 9:33 : 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby {G3739} thy brother stumbleth.
1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat {G3756} no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.
Gal 5:11 : 11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.
1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
Matt 11:6 : 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
Matt 13:21 : 21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.
Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.
Matt 18:6-7 : 6 But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and [that] he should be sunk in the depth of the sea. 7 Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion comes!
Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matt 25:20 : 20 And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents.
Matt 26:31 : 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

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