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# If your hand causes you to stumble
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Here "hand" is a metonym for desiring to do something sinful that you would do with your hand. Alternate translation: "If you want to do something sinful with one of your hands" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# to enter into life maimed
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"to be maimed and then to enter into life" or "to be maimed before entering into life"
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# to enter into life
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Dying and then beginning to live eternally is spoken of as entering into life. Alternate translation: "to enter into eternal life" or "to die and begin to live forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# maimed
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missing a body part as a result of having it removed or being injured. Here it refers to missing a hand. Alternate translation: "without a hand" or "missing a hand"
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# into the unquenchable fire
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"where the fire cannot be put out"
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