Matthew 18:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast› [them] ‹from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting 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 offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.› 30 ‹And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›
• Matt 25:41 : 41 ‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›
• Matt 25:46 : 46 ‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›
• 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, which [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 [Namely], of the gods of the people which [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; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Rev 14:10 : 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; 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 whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 ‹But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which 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 tormented in this flame.›
• Luke 18:22-23 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, ‹Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.› 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
• Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
• Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ, 9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias' sake, 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 great multitudes came unto him, having with them [those that were] lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby 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 a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
• Isa 30:22 : 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 ‹And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:› 44 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 45 ‹And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:› 46 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 47 ‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:› 48 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 49 ‹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.›
• Luke 14:26-27 : 26 ‹If any› [man] ‹come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.› 27 ‹And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.›
• Luke 14:33 : 33 ‹So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.›