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19 lines
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Markdown
# If your right eye causes you to stumble
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“if looking at something with your right eye tempts you to sin” or “if you are tempted to sin with your right eye”
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# your right eye
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The Jews thought of the right hand as more important than the left hand, so the phrase “right eye” represents the more important eye. You may need to translate “right” as “better” or “stronger.”
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# pluck it out
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“pluck out your eye” or “destroy it”
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# one of your members should perish
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“one part of your body should perish” or “you should lose one part of your body”
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# than that your whole body should be thrown into hell
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“than for God to throw your whole body into hell” |