29 Now (A)if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, [a]than for your whole body to be thrown into [b](B)hell. 30 And (C)if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you [c]to lose one of the parts of your body, [d]than for your whole body to go into [e](D)hell.

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  1. Matthew 5:29 Lit and that your whole body not be
  2. Matthew 5:29 Gr Gehenna
  3. Matthew 5:30 Lit that one...be lost
  4. Matthew 5:30 Lit and not your whole body
  5. Matthew 5:30 Gr Gehenna

but (A)whoever (B)causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to [a]sin, it is better for him that a [b]heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

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  1. Matthew 18:6 Or stumble, and so throughout the ch
  2. Matthew 18:6 Lit millstone turned by a donkey

“And (A)if your hand or your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or without a foot, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. And (B)if your eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the [a](C)fiery hell.

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  1. Matthew 18:9 Lit Gehenna of fire

42 (A)Whoever causes one of these [a]little ones who believe in Me to [b]sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he [c]is thrown into the sea. 43 And (B)if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into [d](C)hell, into the (D)unquenchable fire.[e]

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  1. Mark 9:42 Or lowly
  2. Mark 9:42 Or stumble
  3. Mark 9:42 Lit has been thrown (intensified)
  4. Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna
  5. Mark 9:43 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 44

45 And if your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life without a foot, than, having your two feet, to be thrown into [a](A)hell.[b]

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  1. Mark 9:45 Gr Gehenna
  2. Mark 9:45 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 46; cf. note 2 v 43

47 And (A)if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into [a](B)hell,

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  1. Mark 9:47 Gr Gehenna

(A)It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he [a]is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to [b]sin.

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  1. Luke 17:2 Lit has been thrown (intensive)
  2. Luke 17:2 Or stumble

61 But Jesus, (A)aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this [a](B)offensive to you?

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  1. John 6:61 Or shocking

13 Therefore, (A)if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.

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