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Matthew 5:30

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Sin, temptation and holiness

Key words: skandalizō ekkoptō cheir sōma geenna

Original words

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English	Original word	Root	#
And	kai καὶ	kai	104
if	ei εἰ	ei	7
thy	sou σου	sou	50
right	dexia δεξιά	dexios	4
hand	cheir χεὶρ	cheir	1
offend	skandalizei σκανδαλίζει	skandalizō	2
thee	se σε	se	7
cut	ekkopson ἔκκοψον	ekkoptō	3
it	autēn αὐτὴν	autos	70
off	ekkopson ἔκκοψον	ekkoptō	3
and	kai καὶ	kai	104
cast	bale βάλε	ballō	9
[it]	supplied in English
from	apo ἀπὸ	apo	12
thee	sou σοῦ	sou	50
for	gar γάρ	gar	20
it is profitable	sympherei συμφέρει	sympherō	2
for thee	soi σοι	soi	8
that	hina ἵνα	hina	4
one	hen ἓν	heis	11
of thy	sou σου	sou	50
members	melōn μελῶν	melos	2
should perish	apolētai ἀπόληται	apollymi	2
and	kai καὶ	kai	104
not	mē μὴ	mē	29
[that]	supplied in English
thy	sou σου	sou	50
whole	holon ὅλον	holos	4
body	sōma σῶμά	sōma	7
should be cast	blēthē βληθῇ	ballō	9
into	eis εἰς	eis	18
hell	geennan γέενναν	geenna	3

Memory passages these point to

J-93 Luke 17:1-4 P-41 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 P-88 Matthew 18:6-10 P-97 Luke 17:1-4 S-41 Romans 14:11-23 S-43 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 S-84 Matthew 25:13-30

Cross-references 14

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Passages are shown in the NKJV.

offend thee 11

Matthew 11:6
6And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."
Matthew 13:21
21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Matthew 16:23
23But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
Matthew 18:6-7 P-88 Matthew 18:6-10
6"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
Matthew 26:31
31Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: "I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
Luke 17:2 J-93 Luke 17:1-4 P-97 Luke 17:1-4
2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Romans 9:33
33As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
Romans 14:20-21 S-41 Romans 14:11-23
20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
1 Corinthians 8:13 P-41 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 S-43 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
13Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
Galatians 5:11
11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
1 Peter 2:8
8and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

cast [it] from thee 3

Matthew 22:13
13Then the king said to the servants, "Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Matthew 25:20 S-84 Matthew 25:13-30
20"So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, "Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.'
Luke 12:5
5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!