Μαθθαῖον 18:8

Greek Modern Translation

Και εαν η χειρ σου η ο πους σου σε σκανδαλιζη, εκκοψον αυτο και ριψον απο σου· καλητερον σοι ειναι να εισελθης εις την ζωην χωλος η κουλλος, παρα εχων δυο χειρας η δυο ποδας να ριφθης εις το πυρ το αιωνιον.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
ει δε η χεις σου η ο πους σου σκανδαλιζει σε εκκοψον αυτα και βαλε απο σου καλον σοι εστιν εισελθειν εις την ζωην χωλον η κυλλον η δυο χειρας η δυο ποδας εχοντα βληθηναι εις το πυς το αιωνιον

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ⸂κυλλὸν ἢ χωλόν⸃, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν κυλλὸν ἢ χωλόν, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ει δε η χεις σου η ο πους σου σκανδαλιζει σε εκκοψον αυτα και βαλε απο σου καλον σοι εστιν εισελθειν εις την ζωην χωλον η κυλλον η δυο χειρας η δυο ποδας εχοντα βληθηναι εις το πυς το αιωνιον

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ει δε η χειρ σου η ο πους σου σκανδαλιζει σε εκκοψον αυτον και βαλε απο σου καλον σοι εστιν εισελθειν εις την ζωην κυλλον η χωλον η δυο χειρας η δυο ποδας εχοντα βληθηναι εις το πυρ το αιωνιον

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 14:4, Deuteronomy 13:6-8, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 14:26, Luke 14:27, Luke 14:33, Luke 18:22, Luke 18:23

and cast: Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 2:21, Isaiah 30:22, Ezekiel 18:31, Romans 13:12, Philippians 3:8, Philippians 3:9

maimed: Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31

everlasting: Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46, Isaiah 33:14, Mark 9:48, Mark 9:49, Luke 16:24, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 20:15, Revelation 21:8

Reciprocal: Psalms 18:23 - I kept Proverbs 23:2 - General Isaiah 30:33 - Tophet Matthew 5:22 - hell

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 8, 9. Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot,.... The same words are repeated here on occasion of offences, as are spoken by Christ, Matthew 5:29 on account of unchaste looks, desires and lusts: giving offence to Christ's disciples, or endeavouring, by any means whatever, to cause them to stumble and fall, is equally gratifying the flesh, and no more to be indulged, than the other, on pain of eternal damnation. See Gill "Mt 5:29" See Gill "Mt 5:30"

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If thy hand ... - See the notes at Matthew 5:29-30. The sense in all these instances is the same. Worldly attachments, friendships, and employments of any kind, that cannot be pursued without leading us into sin, be they ever so dear to us, must be abandoned, or the soul will be lost.

It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed ... - It is not meant, by this, that when the body shall be raised it will be maimed and disfigured in this manner. It will be perfect. See 1 Corinthians 15:42-44. But these things are said for the purpose of carrying out or making complete the figure or the representation of cutting off the hands, etc. The meaning is, it is better to go to heaven without enjoying the things that caused us to sin, than to enjoy them here and then be lost.

Halt - Lame.

Maimed - With a loss of limbs.

Into hell fire - It is implied, in all this, that if their sins, however dear to them, were not abandoned, the soul must go into everlasting fire. This is conclusive proof that the sufferings of the wicked will be eternal. See the notes at Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 9:48.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 18:8-9. If thy hand, c.] See the notes on Matthew 5:29-30.