Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Mat 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
2007-04-17 14:52:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By George; I think you got it!
2007-04-17 15:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by PREACHER'S WIFE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep meaning whatever you do and what you are around that causes you to sin, get away from it, your hand doesn't tempt you to sin, something around you does. Like a so called friend that tries to get you to steal something, if you don't want to be a person that steals, then they only way to get rid of that problem is to get rid of the friend. It's a metaphor, in fact basically the whole bible is one big metaphor, you got to think past the physical and think at a spirtual level, that is the key to understanding the bible.
2007-04-17 22:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible isn't a literal document.
The eye and hand could be related to soemthing like alcohol. If alcohol is making you do bad things, cut it out from your life.
Makes more sense when you've got an IQ over 90 ;).
2007-04-17 22:00:51 · answer #3 · answered by phil 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, and I have never heard anyone make that association. I don't think that is an appropriate conclusion from this passage.
2007-04-17 21:58:34 · answer #4 · answered by azohawk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though I do not take it be literal...I also have not taken it to be synonymous with "church discipline". I have always understood it to be on a personal level.
2007-04-17 21:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddy, Father K just said no to you. Why don't you seek some help. Mental help.
2007-04-17 21:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is a metaphor that you should not let anthing get in the way of your faith.
2007-04-17 21:58:24 · answer #7 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I've always seen that verse on a more personal level.
2007-04-17 21:57:05 · answer #8 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope. actually, i was just thinking that this is a terrific cup of Starbucks...i'm looking forward to pasta tonite...and you have way too much time on your hands to keep reading the same dreary old pages of the same, boring work of fiction!
2007-04-17 21:57:09 · answer #9 · answered by Phyllis 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You know what I'm thinking of. It's blue. And phallic.
2007-04-17 22:00:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋