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# If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you
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Jesus exaggerates here to emphasize that people must do anything necessary to remove from their lives what causes them to sin.
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# your ... you
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All occurrences of these words are singular. Jesus is speaking to all people in general. It may be more natural for your language to translate with a plural "you."
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# than to be thrown into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet
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Alternate translation: "than to have both hands and feet when God throws you into the eternal fire"
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