Matthew 18:8
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- κυλλόςkyllósrocking about, i.e. crippled (maimed, in feet or hands)
- ἐκκόπτωekkóptōto exscind; figuratively, to frustrate
- χωλόςchōlós"halt", i.e. limping
- σκανδαλίζωskandalízōto entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy o
- αἰώνιοςaiṓniosperpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well)
- πούςpoúsa "foot" (figuratively or literally)
- καλόςkalós
- ζωήzōḗlife (literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 5:29–30, Php 3:8–9, Rom 13:12, Luk 18:22–23, Ezk 18:31, Luk 14:26–27, Mat 25:46, Rev 14:10