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NASB					Matt 5:29 "^AIf¹⁴⁸⁷ your right¹¹⁸⁸ eye³⁷⁸⁸ makes⁴⁶²⁴ you ¹stumble⁴⁶²⁴, tear¹⁸⁰⁷ it out and throw⁹⁰⁶ it from you; for it is better^4851a for you ²to lose⁶²² one¹⁵²⁰ of the parts³¹⁹⁶ of your body, ³than²⁵³²^,³³⁶¹ for your whole³⁶⁵⁰ body⁴⁹⁸³ to be thrown⁹⁰⁶ into ⁴ ^Bhell¹⁰⁶⁷.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 5:29 "If your right eye makes you stumble and leads you to sin, tear it out and throw it away [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

NASB Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

I.e. sin

Lit that one...be lost

Lit not your whole body

Gr Gehenna

NASB Cross References:
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Matt 18:9 "If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.

Matt 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

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Greek Heb.

622

apollumi; from 575 and same as 3639; to destroy, destroy utterly:--bring(1), destroy(17), destroyed(9), dying(1), end(1), killed(1), lose(10), loses(7), lost(14), much(1), passed away(1), perish(14), perishable(1), perished(4), perishes(1), perishing(6), put to death(1), ruined(3).

906

ballô; a prim. word; to throw, cast:--bring(2), cast(15), casting(3), casts(3), contributors(1), laid(1), lying(3), lying sick(1), place(1), poured(4), put(22), puts(2), putting(4), rushed(1), swung(2), threw(12), throw(16), thrown(27), tossing(1).

1067

geenna; of Heb. or. [1516 and 2011]; Gehenna, a valley W. and S. of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly:--hell(12).

1188

dexios; perh. a prim. word; the right hand or side:--right(22), right hand(31), right-hand(1).

1487

ei; a prim. particle; if, whether (a cond. part. introducing circumstances nec. for a given proposition to be true; sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.):--although*(1), if(341), no(1), only(1), only*(11), suppose*(1), though(7), though*(5), unless(2), unless*(5), until*(1), whatever*(1), whether(19), whoever*(3).

1520

heis (masc.) or
mia (fem.) or
hen (neut.); a prim. num.; one:--agreement(1), alike*(1), alone(3), common(1), detail(1), first(9), individual(2), individually*(1), lone(1), man(1), nothing*(1), one(282), one another(1), one man(2), one thing(5), one*(2), person(1), single(1), smallest(1), someone(2), thirty-nine*(1), unity(1).

1807

exaireô; from 1537 and 138; to take out, to deliver:--pluck(1), rescue(2), rescued(3), rescuing(1), tear(1).

2532

kai; a prim. conjunc.; and, even, also:--accompanied(1), actually(2), after(2), again(1), again*(1), along(4), also(535), although(1), although*(1), besides*(1), both(37), both*(1), certainly(1), continue(1), either(2), else(1), even(132), forty-six*(1), if(1), including(1), indeed(20), indeed*(2), just(3), likewise(1), more*(2), moving about freely*(1), nor(4), now(2), only(2), only*(1), or(11), same(1), so(30), than(2), than*(4), then(105), though(1), though*(6), together(1), too(34), until(1), very(3), well(13), when(7), whether(1), while(1), whose*(1), without*(4), yet(9).

3196

melos; a prim. word; a member or limb (of the body):--member(4), members(27), part(1), parts(2).

3361

mê; a prim. particle; not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation):--all*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(6), case(1), certainly*(1), devoid*(1), ever*(3), except(2), fear*(2), inevitable*(1), keep(2), kept(1), lacks*(1), make(1), never(17), never*(16), no(67), no one(1), no*(11), none(2), none*(2), nothing(2), nothing*(3), only*(11), or(4), otherwise*(3), refrain(1), so(2), so that no(1), so*(12), stop(8), surely(4), than*(2), unable*(4), unless*(38), until*(1), without(6), without*(4).

3650

holos; a prim. word; whole, complete:--all(49), all all(1), completely(1), entire(5), entirely(1), full(1), one piece(1), throughout(1), whole(49), wholly(1).

3788

ophthalmos; from a prim. root op- and an unc. root; the eye:--envy*(1), eye(29), eyes(68), gaze(1), sight(1).

4624

skandalizô; from 4625; to put a snare (in the way), hence to cause to stumble, to give offense:--cause(1), cause...to stumble(2), causes(2), causes...to stumble(6), fall away(7), falls away(1), led into sin(1), makes...stumble(2), offend(1), offended(1), stumble(3), stumbling(1), take(1), take offense(1), took offense(2).

4851a

sumpherô; from 4862 and 5342; to bring together, to be profitable:--advantage(2), better(4), brought...together(1), common good(1), expedient(2), good(1), profitable(4).

4983

sôma; of unc. or.; a body:--bodies(11), body(128), personal(1), slaves(1), substance(1).

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