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Verb sympherō (to be better, to collect) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 5: 29 | If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better (sympherō) for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. |
| 5: 30 | And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better (sympherō) for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell. |
| 18: 6 | "If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better (sympherō) for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea. |
| 19: 10 | His disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better (sympherō) not to marry." |
John
| 11: 50 | You do not understand that it is better (sympherō) for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed." |
| 16: 7 | Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is better (sympherō) for you that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. |
| 18: 14 | Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was better (sympherō) to have one person die for the people. |
Acts
| 19: 19 | A number of those who practiced magic collected (sympherō) their books and burned them publicly; when the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins. |
| 19: 19 | A number of those who practiced magic collected (sympherō) their books and burned them publicly; when the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins. |
| 20: 20 | I did not shrink from doing anything that is better (sympherō) for you, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house, |
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