Matthew 18:9

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And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

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  • Matt 18:8 : 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 He said to him,“Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
  • Matt 19:23-24 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples,“I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! 24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”
  • Mark 9:47 : 47 If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
  • Luke 9:24-25 : 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it. 25 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 9:47-48
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    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

    48where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.

  • Matt 5:28-30
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    28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

    30If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

  • Matt 18:6-8
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    6“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

    7Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

  • Mark 9:42-43
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    42“If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

    43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.

  • Mark 9:45
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    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Luke 11:34-35
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    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

  • Luke 17:1-3
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    1Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service Jesus said to his disciples,“Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

    2It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

    3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    4Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

  • Deut 19:21
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    21You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

    42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Deut 25:12
    72%

    12then you must cut off her hand– do not pity her.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  • Matt 18:10
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    10The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62Jesus said to him,“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

  • Exod 21:24
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    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

  • Matt 5:38
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    38Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

  • Exod 21:26
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    26“If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Matt 15:14
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    14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

  • Matt 19:21
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    21Jesus said to him,“If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

  • Matt 10:28
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    28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Lev 24:20
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    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

  • Matt 19:24
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    24Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

  • Matt 25:30
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    30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  • Matt 22:13
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    13Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

  • Mark 10:25
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    25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

  • Matt 18:15
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    15Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.