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29 So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body thrown into hell.[a] 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell.”[b]

Teaching about Divorce(A)

31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:29 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
  2. Matthew 5:30 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
  3. Matthew 5:31 Cf. Deut 24:1, 3