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28 But I say to you that whoever alooks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  
29 aIf your right eye causes you to1 sin, bpluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  
30 And if your right hand causes you to1 sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  

Marriage Is Sacred and Binding

31 “Furthermore it has been said, a‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’  
32 But I say to you that awhoever divorces his wife for any reason except1 sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.  
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Matthew 5:30

And if thy right hand offend thee - The right hand is selected for the same reason as the right eye, because it is one of the most important members of the human body. The idea is, that the dearest earthly objects are to be sacrificed rather than that we should commit sin; that the most rigid self-denial should be practiced, and that the most absolute self-government should be maintained at any sacrifice, rather than that we should suffer the mind to be polluted by unholy thoughts and impure desires.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 5:30:

Genesis 13:1-18
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalms 119:165
Isaiah 30:33
Matthew 18:8-9

 

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