Cross references
Matthew 18:9
And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
- a Or the hell of fire; Greek the Gehenna of fire
Matthew 18:9 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 18:8 (4 votes) and Acts 14:22 (4 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Deuteronomy 32 to Revelation 21.
Which verses does Matthew 18:9 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 18:84 votes
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
- Acts 14:224 votes
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Matthew 5:223 votes
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- Matthew 5:293 votes
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.
- Revelation 21:273 votes
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Matthew 16:262 votes
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Matthew 19:172 votes
“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
- Matthew 19:23–242 votes
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Mark 9:472 votes
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
- Luke 9:24–252 votes
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Hebrews 4:112 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 18:9?
The 10 strongest of 11.