If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Christ uses exaggerated speech because men grant themselves far too much liberty with their senses. Whatever stands between you and obedience to God's law must be cut away, no matter how precious it seems; the justice of God ranks infinitely higher than all we hold dear.
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The right eye and right hand are named because they are the chiefest parts of us and most ready for wickedness. Sins are stumbling blocks, rocks we are cast upon. Better to lose one member than have your whole body cast into hell.
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The eye is the instrument that ensnares the heart in adultery, as the Jews themselves knew. Not literal mutilation but spiritual mortification: make a covenant with your eyes, turn them from sights that stir impure desire, and with indignation reject all occasions of sin.
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