Matthew 5:29

Webster's Bible (1833)

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

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  • Mark 9:43-48 : 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{Gehenna is a word for Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.} into the unquenchable fire, 44 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched-- 46 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire, 48 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • Gal 5:24 : 24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
  • 1 Pet 4:1-3 : 1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; 2 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
  • Matt 18:8-9 : 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna{Gehenna is another name for Hell that brings to mind an image of a burning garbage dump with dead bodies in it.}.
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, 9 Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one; 10 Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house. 11 You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed, 12 And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! 14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 9:24-25 : 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell} Yes, I tell you, fear him.
  • Matt 19:12 : 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
  • Mark 8:36 : 36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

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  • Matt 5:30-31
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    30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

    31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

  • Matt 18:6-9
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    6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

    7"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

    9If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.

  • Mark 9:42-48
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    42Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

    43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{Gehenna is a word for Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.} into the unquenchable fire,

    44'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

    45If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched--

    46'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

    47If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

    48'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27"You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"} 'You shall not commit adultery;'

    28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • Luke 11:34-35
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    34The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

  • Deut 25:12
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    12then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    4Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

    6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Luke 17:2-3
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    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

  • Matt 5:38-39
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    38"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

  • Deut 19:21
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    21Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    42Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

  • Exod 21:26
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    26"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

  • Exod 21:24
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    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

  • Lev 24:20
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    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

  • Luke 9:25
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    25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

  • Matt 19:21
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    21Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

  • 1 Cor 12:16
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    16If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Matt 16:26
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    26For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Deut 28:34
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    34so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

  • Deut 28:54
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    54The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;

  • Luke 9:62
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    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • Mark 8:36
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    36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

  • Col 3:5
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    5Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.