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Matthew 18:9

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

And if what you're looking at is leading you down a dark path, cut it out of your life completely. It's way better to live with less but actually make it to real life, than to have everything and end up destroying yourself.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes you have to lose something good to avoid losing everything that matters.

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