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Commentaries on Matthew 18:9

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Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The gospels are, in short, a record of what Jesus began both to do and to teach. In the foregoing chapter, we had an account of his doings, in this, of his teachings; probably, not all at the same time, in a continued discourse, but at several times, upon divers occasions, here put together, as near akin. We have here, I. Instructions concerning humility, ver. 1-6. II. Concerning offences in...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And if thine eye offend thee, So needful to thy pleasure, and to thy knowledge, and to thy guidance yet if it make thee sin, Mat_18:9. Pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hellfire. Better to be but a maimed believer than to be an accomplished unbeliever; better to be an uncultured saint than a...