And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Founder of Christianity
Gospel of Matthew 18:9, teaching about avoiding sin.
c. 30-33 CE
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"If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you …"
Shocking"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
Shocking"And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out."
Shocking"Get behind me, Satan!"
Shocking"Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."
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