KJV King James Version
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
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Matthew 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And if your eye causes you to sin, 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.
WEB World English Bible
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 of fire.
ASV American Standard Version
And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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.
Surrounding context — Matthew 18
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
8 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.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
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καὶG2532 · kaiandεἰG1487 · eiifὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμόςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeσουG4771 · suyouσκανδαλίζειG4624 · skandalizōto cause to stumbleσε,G4771 · suyouἔξελεG1807 · exaireōto take out/selectαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandβάλεG906 · ballōto throw: throwἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromσοῦ·G4771 · suyouκαλόνG2570 · kalosgoodσοίG4771 · suyouἐστινG1510 · eimito beμονόφθαλμονG3442 · monophthalmosone-eyedεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoζωὴνG2222 · zōēlifeεἰσελθεῖνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterἢG2228 · ēorδύοG1417 · duotwoὀφθαλμοὺςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeἔχονταG2192 · echōto have/beβληθῆναιG906 · ballōto throw: throwεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoγέεννανG1067 · geennahell: GehennaτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπυρός.G4442 · purfire
Cross-references
Matthew 18:8Wherefore 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.Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.Matthew 5:29And 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.Matthew 19:23-24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 19:17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.Mark 9:47And 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:Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?Luke 9:24-25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.Hebrews 4:11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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