Matthew 5:27–30
Jesus goes as far as the desiring look and says to cut off whatever makes you stumble
Study it word by word27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28But I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman in order to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29And if your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.
30And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body go off into Gehenna.
In its context
25Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
26Truly I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
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31And it was said, ‘Whoever sends away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
32But I tell you that everyone who sends away his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been sent away commits adultery.
Its words in the original
- ἨκούσατεĒkousate· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- ἐρρέθηerrethē· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- μοιχεύσειςmoicheuseis· commit adultery
Commit adultery.
- βλέπωνblepōn· see, look
See, look; watch out.
- γυναῖκαgynaika· woman, wife
Woman; with a possessive, wife.
- ἐπιθυμῆσαιepithymēsai· desire, covet
Desire strongly, long for; also covet, lust after.
- ἤδηēdē· already
Already, by now.
- καρδίᾳkardiai· heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
- ὀφθαλμόςophthalmos· eye
Eye.
- δεξιὸςdexios· right
Right (hand, side).
- σκανδαλίζειskandalizei· cause to stumble
Cause to stumble, lead into sin; offend.
- ἔξελεexele· take out, rescue
Take out, tear out; also rescue, deliver; choose.
- βάλεbale· throw, put
Throw, cast; also put.
- συμφέρειsympherei· be better
Be to one's advantage; what is best.
- ἀπόληταιapolētai· destroy, perish
Destroy, cause to perish; in the middle voice, perish, be lost.
- ἓνhen· one
One.
- μελῶνmelōn· member, part
Member, limb, a part of the body; figuratively, each person as a part of a whole.
- ὅλονholon· whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
- σῶμάsōma· body
Body.
- γέεννανgeennan· Gehenna
Gehenna: the Valley of Hinnom beside Jerusalem, a cursed place because children were sacrificed there to idols; an image of final punishment.
- χεὶρcheir· hand
Hand.
- ἔκκοψονekkopson· cut off, cut down
Cut off, cut down, as a tree or a branch.
- ἀπέλθῃapelthēi· go away
Go away, leave.