Someone may say that Jesus is advocating self-mutilation with words like this:
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear
it out and throw it away!
--Matthew 5:22
However, we see that we need to interpret this verse in light of the fact that Jesus uses hyperbole:
You blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
--Matthew 23:24
The words of Jesus have to be interpreted the way they were intended to be understood.
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