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And if thy right eie offend thee, plucke 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.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe cause thee to offend.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.8. marke 9.47.

¶ Yee haue heard that it hath beene said, An eie for an eie, and a tooth for a tooth.

1611 marginal noteExod. 21.24. leuit. 24.20. deut. 19.21.

The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shalbe full of light.

1611 marginal noteLuke 11.34.

But if thine eye be euill, thy whole body shall be full of darknesse. If therfore the light that is in thee be darkenesse, how great is that darkenesse?

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

1611 marginal noteLuk. 6.41.

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

And if thine eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eie, rather then hauing two eies, to be cast into hell fire.

And againe I say vnto you, It is easier for a camel to goe thorow the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of God.

Is it not lawfull for mee to doe what I wil with mine owne? Is thine eye euill, because I am good?