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Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount that if our right eye causes us to stumble, we should pluck it out and throw it away. This is a clear example of hyperbole, not a literal command, to emphasize the importance of avoiding sin and temptation.
Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount that his followers should not resist evil by legal means, but turn the other cheek to those who insult them. This verse is often interpreted as a command of pacifism, but some scholars argue that it is a specific response to a back-handed slap and a rejection of retributive justice.
3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbour's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your neighbour, "Let me take the speck out of your eye", while the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour's eye.
Jesus warns against hypocrisy and judgment in this verse of the Sermon on the Mount. He compares a small flaw in another's eye to a large flaw in one's own eye, using a metaphor from carpentry.
Gregory the Great: But whoso casts his eyes about without caution will often be taken with the pleasure of sin, and ensnared by desires begins to wish for what he would not. Great is the strength of the flesh to draw us downwards, and the charm of beauty once admitted to the heart through the eye, is hardly banished by endeavour.
″[Sleeping with contact lenses in your eyes] is bad. It’s real bad. Don’t do it,” Redfern told us, adding that this even applies to naps. “It’s like a game of Russian roulette.”
The evil eye was both an expression for jealousy and for stinginess (cf. Matthew 20:15 [1]). The verse puts great emphasis on the depth of darkness that a poor spiritual eye will place a person in, because placing too much focus on wealth or possessions can distort judgment. [ 2 ]
Jesus says that God makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust, to show that God loves both. This verse is part of the Sermon on the Mount, and has various interpretations and commentaries from the Church Fathers.