Jesus taught us to get rid of what makes us sin.
Matthew 5:29-30 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.
Do we ignore Jesus' teaching to get rid of the things about us that keep us from the Kingdom of God?
Note: The things he tells us to get rid of are parts (eye, hand) of "us" not other people.
Note: Sin, in the kingdom of heaven, is no longer about breaking a set of rules, but not following Jesus. And Jesus is showing us here that his way is more stringent (real truth, real justice, real righteousness, real love) than any list of rules.
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