Matthew 5:29 (NKJV)
If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Jesus repeats similar language about the hand and foot in both passages.(Matthew and Mark)
Context
In Matthew 5, this teaching appears in the Sermon on the Mount, specifically addressing lust and inward sin.
In Mark 9, Jesus emphasizes the seriousness of sin and eternal consequences.
Important Clarification
Jesus is using strong hyperbolic language (intentional exaggeration) to stress the seriousness of sin. He is not commanding literal self-harm, but teaching that we must decisively remove anything in our lives that leads us into sin.
The principle: radical action is required to guard holiness and eternal life.
If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Jesus repeats similar language about the hand and foot in both passages.(Matthew and Mark)
Context
In Matthew 5, this teaching appears in the Sermon on the Mount, specifically addressing lust and inward sin.
In Mark 9, Jesus emphasizes the seriousness of sin and eternal consequences.
Important Clarification
Jesus is using strong hyperbolic language (intentional exaggeration) to stress the seriousness of sin. He is not commanding literal self-harm, but teaching that we must decisively remove anything in our lives that leads us into sin.
The principle: radical action is required to guard holiness and eternal life.
Matthew 5:29 (NKJV)
If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Jesus repeats similar language about the hand and foot in both passages.(Matthew and Mark)
Context
In Matthew 5, this teaching appears in the Sermon on the Mount, specifically addressing lust and inward sin.
In Mark 9, Jesus emphasizes the seriousness of sin and eternal consequences.
Important Clarification
Jesus is using strong hyperbolic language (intentional exaggeration) to stress the seriousness of sin. He is not commanding literal self-harm, but teaching that we must decisively remove anything in our lives that leads us into sin.
The principle: radical action is required to guard holiness and eternal life.
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