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Matthew 5:29-31
New Century Version
Matthew 5:29-31
New Century Version
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. 30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Jesus Teaches About Divorce
31 “It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written divorce paper.’[a]
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- 5:31 ‘Anyone . . . divorce paper.’ Quotation from Deuteronomy 24:1.
Matthew 5:29-31
New International Version
Matthew 5:29-31
New International Version
29 If your right eye causes you to stumble,(A) gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble,(B) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Divorce
31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](C)
Footnotes
- Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1
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