Matthew 18:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

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  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 `But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. 30 `And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'
  • Deut 13:6-8 : 6 `When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who `is' as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, 7 of the gods of the peoples who `are' round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) -- 8 thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.
  • Isa 33:14 : 14 Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
  • Rev 14:10 : 10 he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, that hath been mingled unmixed in the cup of His anger, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy messengers, and before the Lamb,
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part `is' in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.
  • Luke 18:22-23 : 22 and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;' 23 and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.
  • Rom 13:12 : 12 the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him, 9 not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ; 9 who shall suffer justice -- destruction age-during -- from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength,
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, 4 for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'
  • Matt 15:30-31 : 30 and there came to him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them, 31 so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new heart, and a new spirit, And why do ye die, O house of Israel?
  • Isa 2:20-21 : 20 In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats, 21 To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.
  • Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, `Go out,' thou sayest to it.
  • Mark 9:43-49 : 43 `And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable -- 44 where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. 45 `And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable -- 46 where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. 47 And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire -- 48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched; 49 for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; 27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

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  • Mark 9:42-48
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    42and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

    43`And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --

    44where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

    45`And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --

    46where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

    47And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire --

    48where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;

  • Matt 18:9
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    9`And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    89%

    29`But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

    30`And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

  • Matt 18:6-7
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    80%

    6and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

    7`Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

  • Luke 17:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo `to him' through whom they come;

    2it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

  • Deut 25:12
    72%

    12then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

  • Exod 21:24-25
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    71%

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

    25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

  • Heb 12:13
    71%

    13and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

    42and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

  • Deut 19:21
    71%

    21and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 6:23
    70%

    23but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

  • Matt 3:10
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    10and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

  • Lev 21:19
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    19or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

  • Luke 3:9
    70%

    9and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

  • Lev 18:29
    70%

    29for any one who doth `any' of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing `so', have been cut off from the midst of their people;

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

  • Matt 22:13
    70%

    13`Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

  • Luke 9:62
    70%

    62and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

  • 1 Cor 12:15
    70%

    15if the foot may say, `Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;

  • Prov 4:27
    69%

    27Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

  • John 15:6
    69%

    6if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

  • Luke 9:24-25
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    68%

    24for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

    25for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

  • Luke 13:9
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    9and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

  • Deut 23:1
    68%

    1`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

  • Mark 8:35
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    35for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

  • 1 Cor 8:13
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    13wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh -- to the age -- that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6`Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

  • Matt 11:6
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    6and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

  • Matt 10:28
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    28`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8and that which is bearing thorns and briers `is' disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end `is' for burning;

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Matt 8:12
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    12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

  • Lev 23:29
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    29`For any person who is not humbled in this self-same day hath even been cut off from his people;

  • John 16:1
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    1`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,