Matthew 18:9

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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KJV

King James Version

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

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WEB

World English Bible

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast [it] from you. It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 18

⁷ Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

⁸ If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

⁹ And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

¹⁰ See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

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