Matthew 5:30

Contemporary English Version 1995

If your right hand causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Cross References

Mark 9:43

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! You would be better off to go into life paralyzed than to have two hands and be thrown into the fires of hell that never go out.

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to end up in hell.

1 Peter 2:8

They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over this stone, because they were doomed.

1 Corinthians 8:13

So if I hurt one of the Lord's followers by what I eat, I will never eat meat as long as I live.

Luke 17:2

would be better off thrown into the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their neck.

Matthew 13:21

But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Luke 12:5

God is the one you must fear. Not only can he take your life, but he can throw you into hell. God is certainly the one you should fear!

Galatians 5:11

My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised.

Romans 9:33

just as God says in the Scriptures, “Look! I am placing in Zion a stone to make people stumble and fall. But those who have faith in that one will never be disappointed.”

Matthew 26:31

Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Matthew 22:13

So the king gave orders for this person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.

Matthew 25:20

The servant who had been given 5,000 coins brought them in with the 5,000 that he had earned. He said, “Sir, you gave me 5,000 coins, and I have earned 5,000 more.”

Matthew 16:23

Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Satan, get away from me! You're in my way because you think like everyone else and not like God.”

Matthew 11:6

God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”

Matthew 5:22

But I promise you if you are angry with someone, you will have to stand trial. If you call someone a fool, you will be taken to court. And if you say that someone is worthless, you will be in danger of the fires of hell.

Matthew 17:27

But we don't want to cause trouble. So go cast a line into the lake and pull out the first fish you hook. Open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Use it to pay your taxes and mine.”

Matthew 18:8

If your hand or foot causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! You would be better off to go into life paralyzed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the fire that never goes out.