Cut Off Your Hand, Gouge Out Your Eye?
A Commonly Misunderstood Bible Passage: Why Jesus Was Not Using Hyperbole
In Matthew 5:29–30, Jesus declares the following:
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you; better for you to lose one of your members and your whole body not be thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; better that you lose one of your members…
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