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Matthew 5:29

“‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›”

Verse in context — Matthew 5

27

‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:›

28

‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›

29

‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›

30

‹And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›

31

‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:›

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