Matthew 18:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

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  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell. 30 And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
  • Deut 13:6-8 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers; 7 Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other; 8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;
  • Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
  • Rev 14:10 : 10 To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb:
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
  • Luke 18:22-23 : 22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me. 23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.
  • Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward, 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus: 9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
  • Matt 15:30-31 : 30 And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well: 31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
  • Isa 2:20-21 : 20 In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places; 21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
  • Isa 30:22 : 22 And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!
  • Mark 9:43-49 : 43 And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire. 44 [] 45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell. 46 [] 47 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell, 48 Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out. 49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

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  • Mark 9:42-48
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    42 And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

    43 And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

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    45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

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    47 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

    48 Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

  • Matt 18:9
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    9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

  • Matt 5:29-30
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    29 And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

    30 And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

  • Matt 18:6-7
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    6 But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

    7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

  • Luke 17:1-3
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    1 And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

    2 It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

    3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

  • Deut 25:12
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    12 Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.

  • Exod 21:24-25
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    24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

  • Heb 12:13
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    13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

    42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Deut 19:21
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    21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

  • Matt 3:10
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    10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

  • Lev 21:19
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    19 Or a man with broken feet or hands,

  • Luke 3:9
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    9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

  • Lev 18:29
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    29 For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50 And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Matt 22:13
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    13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62 But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

  • 1 Cor 12:15
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    15 If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

  • Prov 4:27
    69%

    27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

  • John 15:6
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    6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

  • Luke 9:24-25
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    68%

    24 For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

    25 For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

  • Luke 13:9
    68%

    9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

  • Deut 23:1
    68%

    1 No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.

  • Mark 8:35
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    35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

  • 1 Cor 8:13
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    13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • Matt 11:6
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    6 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Matt 8:12
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    12 But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

  • Lev 23:29
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    29 For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.

  • John 16:1
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    1 I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.