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Καὶ εἰ ἡ δεξιά σου χεὶρ σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὴν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· συμφέρει γάρ σοι ἵνα ἀπόληται ἓν τῶν μελῶν σου καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου βληθῇ εἰς γέενναν. (Matthew 5:30)

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish than that your whole body be cast into Gehenna.

The Radical Language of Discipleship

Matthew 5:30 belongs to the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus intensifies the law’s demands by addressing the heart as much as the hand.… Learn Koine Greek