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Matthew 5:29-31
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Matthew 5:29-31
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.[a][b] 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.[c]
Concerning Divorce
31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
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- Matthew 5:29 Greek Gehenna
- 5.29 An exaggeration to emphasize the need to avoid occasions of sin.
- Matthew 5:30 Greek Gehenna
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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