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45-46 If your foot causes you to sin, chop it off. You would be better off to go into life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.[a] 47 (A) If your eye causes you to sin, get rid of it. You would be better off to go into God's kingdom with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

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  1. 9.45,46 thrown into hell: Some manuscripts add, “The worms there never die, and the fire never stops burning.”

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