Matthew 5:29 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁹ And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your entire body to be thrown into GĕHinnom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, 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

²⁹ If your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be cast into hell (Gehenna).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Common English Bible

²⁹ And if your right eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out and throw it away. It’s better that you lose a part of your body than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And if your right eye causes you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body be cast into Hell.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out 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 Cross References

Job 20:13

though he fondles it and does not forsake it, but still keeps it in his mouth,

Matthew 10:28

“And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in GĕHinnom.

Matthew 11:6

“And blessed is he who does not stumble in Me.”

Matthew 16:26

“For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 17:27

“But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a stater. Take that and give it to them for Me and you.”

Matthew 19:12

for there are eunuchs who were so born from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the reign of the heavens. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

Matthew 23:15

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of GĕHinnom twofold more than yourselves.

Matthew 23:33

“Serpents, brood of adders! How would you escape the judgment of GĕHinnom?

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that whoever is wroth with his brother without a cause shall be liable to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raka!’ shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to fire of GĕHinnom.

Matthew 5:30

“And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your entire body to be thrown into GĕHinnom.

Mark 8:36

For what shall it profit a man if he gains all the world, and loses his own life?”

Luke 12:5

But I shall show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after killing, possesses authority to cast into GĕHinnom. Yes, I say to you, fear Him!”

Romans 6:6

knowing this, that our old man was impaled with Him, so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, to serve sin no longer.

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I treat my body severely and make it my slave, lest having proclaimed to others, I myself might be rejected.

Galatians 5:24

And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: whoring, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed of gain, which is idolatry.