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29 If your right eye causes you to sin,[a] tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.[b](A)

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  1. 5.29 Or stumble
  2. 5.29 Gk Gehenna

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.

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30 And if your right hand causes you to sin,[a] cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.[b]

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  1. 5.30 Or stumble
  2. 5.30 Gk Gehenna

30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble,(A) 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.

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Temptations to Sin

“If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.(A)

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  1. 18.6 Or stumble

Causing to Stumble

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.(A)

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“If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,[a] cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire.(A)

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  1. 18.8 Or stumble

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble,(A) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

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It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to sin.[a](A)

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  1. 17.2 Or stumble

It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones(A) to stumble.(B)

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61 But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you?(A)

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61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(A)

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13 Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.(A)

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13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(A)

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