Parallel Verses New International Version If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. King James Bible 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. Darby Bible Translation But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation '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. Matthew 5:29 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BiblePluck it out - cut it off - We must shut our senses against dangerous objects, to avoid the occasions of sin, and deprive ourselves of all that is most dear and profitable to us, in order to save our souls, when we find that these dear and profitable things, however innocent in themselves, cause us to sin against God. It is profitable for thee that one of thy members - Men often part with some members of the body, at the discretion of a surgeon, that they may preserve the trunk, and die a little later; and yet they will not deprive themselves of a look, a touch, a small pleasure, which endanger the eternal death of the soul. It is not enough to shut the eye, or stop the hand; the one must be plucked out, and the other cut off. Neither is this enough, we must cast them both from us. Not one moment's truce with an evil passion, or a sinful appetite. If you indulge them, they will gain strength, and you shall be ruined. The rabbins have a saying similar to this: "It is better for thee to be scorched with a little fire in this world, than to be burned with a devouring fire in the world to come." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge if. offend thee. or, do cause thee to offend. pluck. Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. for. Proverbs 5:8-14 Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house... Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Library Agree with Thine AdversaryEversley, 1861. Windsor Castle, 1867. St. Matthew v. 25, 26. "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing." This parable our Lord seems to have spoken at least twice, as He did several others. For we find it also in the 12th … Charles Kingsley—All Saints' Day and Other Sermons Salt Without Savour The Lamp and the Bushel The New Form of the Old Law Cross References Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. Matthew 11:6 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me." Matthew 17:27 "But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours." Matthew 18:9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. Mark 9:47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, Jump to Previous Better Body Cast Cause Causes Causeth Destroyed Eye Gehenna Gouge Hell Loss Member Members Offend Part Perish Pluck Profitable Rather Right Sin Snare Stumble Tear Throw Thrown Trouble Undergo WholeJump to Next Better Body Cast Cause Causes Causeth Destroyed Eye Gehenna Gouge Hell Loss Member Members Offend Part Perish Pluck Profitable Rather Right Sin Snare Stumble Tear Throw Thrown Trouble Undergo WholeLinks Matthew 5:29 NIVMatthew 5:29 NLT Matthew 5:29 ESV Matthew 5:29 NASB Matthew 5:29 KJV Matthew 5:29 Bible Apps Matthew 5:29 Biblia Paralela Matthew 5:29 Chinese Bible Matthew 5:29 French Bible Matthew 5:29 German Bible Matthew 5:29 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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