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Jesus Warns of Offenses

6 a“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  
7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For aoffenses must come, but bwoe to that man by whom the offense comes!  
8 a“If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire.  
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into1 hell fire.  

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven atheir angels always bsee the face of My Father who is in heaven.  
11 aFor the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.  
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Matthew 18:8

In verses Matthew 18:8 and Matthew 18:9 we have one of the dualities or doublets in Matthew (Matthew 5:29-30). Jesus repeated his pungent sayings many times. Instead of eiv geennan (Matthew 5:29) we have eiv to pur to aiwnion and at the end of verse Matthew 18:9 tou purov is added to thn geennan. This is the first use in Matthew of aiwniov. We have it again in Matthew 19:16, Matthew 19:29 with zoh, in Matthew 25:41 with pur, in Matthew 25:46 with kolasin and zohn. The word means ageless, without beginning or end as of God (Romans 16:26), without beginning as in Romans 16:25, without end as here and often. The effort to make it mean "aeonian" fire will make it mean "aeonian" life also. If the punishment is limited, ipso facto the life is shortened. In verse Matthew 18:9 also monofqalmon occurs. It is an Ionic compound in Herodotus that is condemned by the Atticists, but it is revived in the vernacular Koin‚. Literally one-eyed. Here only and Mark 9:47 in the New Testament.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 18:8:

Matthew 18:8
Mark 9:43
Mark 9:47

 

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