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Matthew 18:9

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9If 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.

KJV

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.

BSB

9And 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.

FBV

9If your eye causes you to sin, pull it out and throw it away. It's better for you to enter eternal life with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into the fire of Gehenna.

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Extra References

Acts 14:22

22strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.


Matthew 18:8

8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.


Matthew 5:29

29If 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.


Matthew 5:22

22But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause [+] will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ [+] will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.


Hebrews 4:11

11Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.


Matthew 19:23-24

23Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”


Matthew 16:26

26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?


Matthew 19:17

17He said to him, Why do you call me good?[+] No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”


Mark 9:47

47[+] If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out. It is better for you to enter into Gods Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna[+] of fire,


Revelation 21:27

27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.