Matthew 18:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

7 And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And if your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away from you; it is better (more profitable and wholesome) for you to enter life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the hell (Gehenna) of fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

Common English Bible

If your eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter into life with one eye than to be cast into a burning hell with two eyes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And if your eye leads you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to be sent into the fires of Hell having two eyes.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Matthew 18:9 Cross References

Matthew 16:26

And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.

Matthew 18:8

6 And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

Matthew 19:17

5 And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered very much, saying: Who then can be saved?

Matthew 5:22

0 And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.

Matthew 5:29

7 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

Mark 9:47

To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you that precept.

Acts 14:22

And when Paul and Barnabas had no small contest with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of the other side, should go up to the apostles and priests to Jerusalem about this question.

Hebrews 4:11

Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.

Revelation 21:27

And he said to me: See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them that keep the words of the prophecy of this book. Adore God.