Matthew 18:7-9

Temptations to Sin

7 "Woe to the world for ¹temptations to sin!^[a]2For it is necessary that temptations come, ³but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

8 ⁴And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into ⁵the eternal fire.

9 ⁶And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the ⁷hell^[b] of fire.

Cross References

• 1. See Matthew 13:41
• 2. Luke 17:1; See 1 Corinthians 11:19
• 3. Matthew 26:24
• 4. Matthew 5:29, 30; Mark 9:43-48
• 5. See Matthew 25:41
• 6. [See ver. 8 above]
• 7. [See ver. 8 above]

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek stumbling blocks
• [b]. Greek Gehenna