Matthew 5:30
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
χείρ
Hand. Cheir. Into Your hands I commit my spirit. The hands that made the universe were the hands that were nailed to the cross. He gave everything including His hands.
μέλος
members
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μέλος
Member, body part. Melos. You are the body of Christ and each one of you is a part of it. Every member matters. An unused body part atrophies. Use what God gave you.
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γέεννα
hell
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γέεννα
valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment
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συμφέρω
it is better
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συμφέρω
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
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σκανδαλίζω
causes to stumble
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σκανδαλίζω
to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure)
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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δεξιός
right
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δεξιός
the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usually takes)
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ἐκκόπτω
do cut off
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ἐκκόπτω
to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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