"Ifyour eyecauses you to stumble,pluckit out and throwit from you. It is betterfor you to enterlifewith one eye,thanto havetwoeyesand be castinto the fieryhell.
"For whatwill it profita manifhe gainsthe wholeworldand forfeitshis soul?Orwhatwill a mangivein exchangefor his soul?
"Ifyour handoryour footcauses you to stumble,cut it offand throwit from you; it is betterfor you to enterlifecrippledorlame,thanto havetwohandsortwofeetand be castinto the eternalfire.
And He saidto him, "Whyare you askingMe aboutwhatis good?There is [only] Onewho is good;but ifyou wishto enterinto life,keepthe commandments."
"But I sayto you that everyonewho is angrywith his brothershall be guiltybefore the court;and whoeversaysto his brother,You good-for-nothing,'shall be guiltybefore the supreme court;and whoeversays,'You fool,'shall be guilty[enough to go] into the fieryhell.
"Ifyour righteyemakes you stumble,tearit out and throwit from you; for it is betterfor you to loseoneof the partsof your body, thanfor your wholebodyto be throwninto hell.
"Ifyour eyecauses you to stumble,throwit out; it is betterfor you to enterthe kingdomof Godwith one eye,than,havingtwoeyes,to be castinto hell,
strengtheningthe soulsof the disciples,encouragingthem to continuein the faith,and [saying], "Throughmanytribulationswe mustenterthe kingdomof God."
Thereforelet us be diligentto enterthat rest,sothat noonewill fall,through[following] the sameexampleof disobedience.
and nothingunclean,and noone who practicesabominationand lying,shall evercomeinto it, but onlythosewhose names are writtenin the Lamb'sbookof life.
