Matthew 5:30 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³⁰ And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members be lost, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ And if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your entire body should be cast into hell (Gehenna).

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.

Common English Bible

³⁰ And if your right hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off and throw it away. It’s better that you lose a part of your body than that your whole body go into hell.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body go into Hell.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ 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 5:30 Cross References

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is the [one] who is not offended because of Me."

Matthew 13:21

yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. For when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matthew 16:23

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block unto Me, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."

Matthew 17:27

Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish coming up. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a coin; taking that, give it to them for Me and you."

Matthew 18:8

And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut them off and cast [them] from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up hands and feet, take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matthew 25:20

And the [one] who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I gained five more talents besides them.'

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me on this night, for it is written: 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that whoever gets angry with his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Empty-head!' will be liable to the council. But whoever says, ' fool!' will be liable to the fiery hell.

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members be lost, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Mark 9:43

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter into life maimed, than to enter having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched-

Luke 12:5

But I will show you whom you should fear: fear Him who after He kills, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him if a millstone were around his neck, and he be cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Romans 9:33

Just as it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, and everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame."

1 Corinthians 8:13

Wherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will by no means eat meat, lest I cause my brother to stumble.

Galatians 5:11

And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been done away with.

1 Peter 2:8

and "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense."They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.