Matthew 18:9 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 18:9

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

So all affection, our whole kindred, are severed from us; lest under cover of duty any believer should be exposed to offence. If, He says, he be united to thee as close as is thy hand, or foot, or eye, and is useful to thee, anxious and quick to discern, and yet causes thee offence, and is by the unmeetness of his behaviour drawing thee into hell; it is better for thee that thou lack his kindred, and his profitableness to thee, than that whilst thou seekest to gain thy kindred or friends, thou shouldest have cause of fallings.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 13.24 (253)

If somebody, in the whole body of the congregations of the church, is industrious and handy for practical action and he changes and his hand causes him to sin, the eye should say to this hand, "I have no need of you." And after it has said it, let him cut it off and throw it from him. All will still be well if his head is still blessed and his feet worthy of his blessed head, so that the head, doing its duty, may not be able to say to the feet, "I have no need of you."

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμός	ophthalmos	eye	G3788 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
σκανδαλίζει	skandalizei	causes to sin	G4624 →
σε,	se	you,	G4771 →
ἔξελε	exele	do gouge out	G1807 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βάλε	bale	do cast [it]	G906 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
σοῦ·	sou	you;	G4771 →
καλόν	kalon	better	G2570 →
σοί	soi	for you	G4771 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
μονόφθαλμον	monophthalmon	one-eyed	G3442 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	to enter	G1525 →
ἢ	ē	than	G2228 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	eyes	G3788 →
ἔχοντα	echonta	having	G2192 →
βληθῆναι	blēthēnai	to be cast	G906 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γέενναν	geennan	hell	G1067 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πυρός.	puros	fire.	G4442 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:10
  And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
- 2 Timothy 3:12
  Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
- John 16:33
  I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
Through
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who…
leads to
- 1 John 3:14–15
  We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
- 1 John 4:20–21
  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:9
  If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- Ephesians 4:26–27
  “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Through
Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, 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…
leads to
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.