Matthew 18:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:8 : 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna{Gehenna is another name for Hell that brings to mind an image of a burning garbage dump with dead bodies in it.}.
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
  • Matt 19:23-24 : 23 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most assuredly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
  • Mark 9:47 : 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
  • Luke 9:24-25 : 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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  • Mark 9:42-48
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    42Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

    43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{Gehenna is a word for Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.} into the unquenchable fire,

    44'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

    45If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched--

    46'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

    47If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

    48'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

  • Matt 5:28-30
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    28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

    30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

  • Matt 18:6-8
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    6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

    7"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

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

  • Luke 11:34-35
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    34The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

  • Luke 17:1-3
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    76%

    1He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    4Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

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

    6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Deut 19:21
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    21Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

    42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Deut 25:12
    72%

    12then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    42Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

  • Matt 18:10
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    10See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking 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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    38"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

  • Exod 21:26
    70%

    26"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

  • Matt 15:14
    69%

    14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

  • Matt 19:21
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    21Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

  • Matt 10:28
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    28Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

  • Prov 4:25
    69%

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that doesn't grow 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; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

  • Matt 19:24
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    24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

  • Luke 3:9
    68%

    9Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

  • Matt 25:30
    68%

    30Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Matt 22:13
    68%

    13Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

  • Mark 10:25
    68%

    25It is easier for a camel to go through a{or, the} needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

  • Matt 18:15
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    15"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.