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Matthew 5:29-30

29 "¹If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than * for your whole body to be thrown into ²hell.

30 "³If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than * for your whole body to go into ⁴hell.

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Cross References 4

1. Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:47
2. Matthew 5:22
3. Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43
4. Matthew 5:22

Footnotes 8

[a]. I.e. sin
[b]. Lit "that one...be lost"
[c]. Lit "not your whole body"
[d]. Gr "Gehenna"
[e]. I.e. sin
[f]. Lit "that one...be lost"
[g]. Lit "not your whole body"
[h]. Gr "Gehenna"

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