Matthew

Matthew 18:8–9

⁸If 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. ⁹And 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.^a

Footnotes

a 18:9 Or the hell of fire; Greek the Gehenna of fire

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Matthew 18:8

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	Εἰ	Ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
hand	χείρ	cheir	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G5495 a hand
or	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
foot	πούς	pous	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4228 the foot
causes you to sin	σκανδαλίζει	skandalizei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G4624 I cause to stumble
cut it off	ἔκκοψον	ekkopson	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1581 I cut out, cut off
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
throw it away	βάλε	bale	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
It is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
better	καλόν	kalon	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2570 beautiful, good, worthy
for you	σοί	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
to enter	εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G1525 I go in, come in, enter
life	ζωὴν	zōēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2222 life
crippled	κυλλὸν	kyllon	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2948 crippled, lame
or	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
lame	χωλόν	chōlon	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5560 lame, deprived of a foot
than	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
to have	ἔχοντα	echonta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2192 I have, hold, possess
two	δύο	dyo	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural	G1417 two
hands	χεῖρας	cheiras	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G5495 a hand
two	δύο	dyo	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1417 two
feet	πόδας	podas	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4228 the foot
be thrown	βληθῆναι	blēthēnai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὸ	to	Article - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
eternal	αἰώνιον	aiōnion	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular	G166 eternal, unending
fire	πῦρ	pyr	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G4442 fire, trials

Matthew 18:9

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
if	εἰ	ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
eye	ὀφθαλμός	ophthalmos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3788 the eye
causes you to sin	σκανδαλίζει	skandalizei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G4624 I cause to stumble
gouge it out	ἔξελε	exele	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1807 I remove, choose, rescue
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
throw it away	βάλε	bale	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
It is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
better	καλόν	kalon	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2570 beautiful, good, worthy
for you	σοί	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
to enter	εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G1525 I go in, come in, enter
life	ζωὴν	zōēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2222 life
with one eye	μονόφθαλμον	monophthalmon	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3442 one-eyed
than	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
to have	ἔχοντα	echonta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2192 I have, hold, possess
two	δύο	dyo	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1417 two
eyes	ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3788 the eye
be thrown	βληθῆναι	blēthēnai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
fire	πυρός	pyros	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G4442 fire, trials
of	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Neuter Singular	G3588 the
hell	γέενναν	geennan	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1067 Gehenna

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Matthew 18:8 Matthew 5:29–30 · Philippians 3:8–9 · Luke 18:22–23 · Romans 13:12 · Ezekiel 18:31 · Revelation 20:15 · Luke 14:26–27 · Revelation 14:10 · Matthew 25:46 · Mark 9:43–49 · Luke 16:24 · Matthew 25:41

Matthew 18:9 Acts 14:22 · Matthew 18:8 · Matthew 5:22 · Matthew 5:29 · Revelation 21:27

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