Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 5:29-30

"And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell." — Matthew 5:29-30 (ASV)

And if your right eye offends you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. And if your right hand offends you, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.

Give up the dearest, choicest, and apparently most needful thing, if it leads you into sin. The same rule that commands you to avoid sin, commands you also to avoid all that leads to sin. If adultery is forbidden, so also is that glance with which the sin usually begins. We are to turn away our eyes from looking at that which leads towards sin, and we are not to touch or taste that which would readily lead us into iniquity.

Oh, that we had sufficient decision of character to make short work of everything which tends towards evil! Many people, when their right eye offends them, put a green shade over it; and when their right hand offends them, they tie it up in a sling. But that is not obeying the command of Christ. He charges you to get rid of everything that would lead you wrong; make a clean sweep of it.

You are wrong enough at your best, so do not permit anything to remain with you which would lead you still further astray.