Matthew 18:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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 or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

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  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. 30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Deut 13:6-8 : 6 False Prophets in the Family Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known, 7 the gods of the surrounding people(whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other). 8 You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.
  • Isa 33:14 : 14 Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
  • Rev 14:10 : 10 that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’
  • Luke 18:22-23 : 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 23 But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.
  • Rom 13:12 : 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, 4 because John had repeatedly told him,“It is not lawful for you to have her.”
  • Matt 15:30-31 : 30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. 31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  • Isa 2:20-21 : 20 At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live, 21 so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.
  • Isa 30:22 : 22 You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”
  • Mark 9:43-49 : 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 47 If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched. 49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

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    42“If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

    43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.

  • Mark 9:45
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    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

  • Matt 18:9
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    9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

  • Matt 5:29-30
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    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

    30If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

  • Mark 9:47-48
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    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

    48where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.

  • Matt 18:6-7
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    6“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

    7Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

  • Luke 17:1-3
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    3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

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    12then you must cut off her hand– do not pity her.

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    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

  • Heb 12:13
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    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

    42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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    21You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    10Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Lev 21:19
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    19or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,

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    9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

  • Lev 18:29
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    29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

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    62Jesus said to him,“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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    15If the foot says,“Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

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    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • John 15:6
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    6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.

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    24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

    25For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

  • Luke 13:9
    68%

    9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

  • Deut 23:1
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  • Mark 8:35
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    35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.

  • 1 Cor 8:13
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    13For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Matt 11:6
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  • Matt 10:28
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    28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Heb 6:8
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  • Matt 8:12
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  • Lev 23:29
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  • John 16:1
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