²⁹ If your right eye causes you to sin,^[a] tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.^[b](A)

³⁰ And if your right hand causes you to sin,^[a] cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.^[b]

Temptations to Sin

⁶ “If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,^[a] it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.^(A)

⁸ “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,^[a] cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire.^(A)

² It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to sin.^[a](A)

⁶¹ But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you?^(A)

¹³ Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.^(A)