“And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:”
And if your eye causes you to stumble, 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 — the eye is the instrument of perception, of desire, of what the heart sees and wants. The eye that causes stumbling is the eye that sees and covets, that watches and wants what it should not. The kingdom of God with one eye is infinitely preferable to hell with full vision. The radical nature of the remedy (pluck it out) communicates the radical priority of the kingdom.
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