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29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.[a][b] 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.[c]

Concerning Divorce

31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:29 Greek Gehenna
  2. 5.29 An exaggeration to emphasize the need to avoid occasions of sin.
  3. Matthew 5:30 Greek Gehenna

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