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If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched --
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Commentators agree that Jesus's command to 'cut off thy foot' is a powerful metaphor, not a literal instruction. The 'foot' represents anything you depend on—a relationship, a habit, or a source of security—that causes you to sin. The message is that securing eternal life is so vital that it demands a decisive, even painful, removal of any spiritual obstacle, no matter how essential it seems.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Their worm. This figure is clearly taken from Isaiah 66:24. In describing the great prosperity of the kingdom of the Messiah, Isaiah says …
The oldest and best manuscripts do not give these two verses. They came in from the Western and Syrian (Byzantine) classes. They are a mere repetit…
19th Century
Anglican
Whosoever shall offend. See Notes on Matthew 18:6-9. The verbal, or nearly verbal, reproduction of these verses indicates the impr…
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Baptist
That is the second time he said these words. Our Lord was not fond of dreadful metaphors and terrible language, but he knew that they must be used,…
The main point of these verses is that it is so important to enter into eternal life that radical means must be taken to remove whatever can preven…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if your foot offend you, cut it off Such who are that to men, as the foot is to the body, the support of them th…
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It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Undoubtedly, remorse of consci…
