MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 5:29 right eye... right hand. The right side often stood for the more powerful or important. The eye is the medium through which one is tempted to sin. The hand is used to commit all sorts of sin. cut it off. Jesus uses deliberate overstatement to emphasize the importance of maintaining exclusive devotion to one’s spouse (compare vv. Matthew 5:27). See note on Mark 9:43–48.

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