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Matthew 5:29
Complete Jewish Bible
Matthew 5:29
Complete Jewish Bible
29 If your right eye makes you sin, gouge it out and throw it away! Better that you should lose one part of you than have your whole body thrown into Gei-Hinnom.
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Matthew 5:29-30
The Message
Matthew 5:29-30
The Message
29-30 “Let’s not pretend this is easier than it really is. If you want to live a morally pure life, here’s what you have to do: You have to blind your right eye the moment you catch it in a lustful leer. You have to choose to live one-eyed or else be dumped on a moral trash pile. And you have to chop off your right hand the moment you notice it raised threateningly. Better a bloody stump than your entire being discarded for good in the dump.
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Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
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