Matthew 18:9
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 of fire.This verse in the real world
In what words
- μονόφθαλμοςmonóphthalmosone-eyed
- γέενναgéennavalley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figur
- ἐξαιρέωexairéōactively, to tear out; middle voice, to select; figuratively, to release
- σκανδαλίζωskandalízōto entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy o
- ὀφθαλμόςophthalmósthe eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the
- καλόςkalós
- ζωήzōḗlife (literally or figuratively)
- βάλλωbállōto throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 18:8, Act 14:22, Mat 5:29, Rev 21:27, Mat 5:22, Heb 4:11, Mat 19:23–24, Luk 9:24–25