Matthew 18:7-9
English Standard Version
Temptations to Sin
7 “Woe to the world for (A)temptations to sin![a] (B)For it is necessary that temptations come, (C)but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! 8 (D)And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into (E)the eternal fire. 9 (F)And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the (G)hell[b] of fire.
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- Matthew 18:7 Greek stumbling blocks
- Matthew 18:9 Greek Gehenna
Matthew 18:7-9
International Standard Version
7 How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!
8 “So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear 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 hell[a] fire.
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- Matthew 18:9 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
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