Matthew 5:29
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἐξαιρέωexairéōactively, to tear out; middle voice, to select; figuratively, to release
- συμφέρωsymphérōto bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce;
- μέλοςmélosa limb or part of the body
- σκανδαλίζωskandalízōto entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy o
- δεξιόςdexiósthe right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)
- ἀπόλλυμιapóllymito destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
- ὀφθαλμόςophthalmósthe eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the
- ὅλοςhólos"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) a
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 8:13, Mrk 9:43–48, Col 3:5, Rom 6:6, 1Pe 4:1–3, 1Co 9:27, Gal 5:24, Luk 9:24–25