Matthew 5:29

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹If 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]

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Matthew 5:29 Greek Gehenna
5.29 An exaggeration to emphasize the need to avoid occasions of sin.

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