3 Bible Verses about Mutilation

Watch out for the "dogs!" [Note: "Dogs" were viewed with disgust by the ancient Jews (Deut. 23:18; II Kings 8:13; Rev. 22:15), so the term is used here derogatorily for Jewish Christians who were trying to impose on the church the requirements of the law of Moses]. Watch out for the evil workers! Watch out for those who mutilate the body meaninglessly! [Note: Paul here alludes, in a derogatory wordplay, to the Jewish practice of circumcision].

I wish that those who are causing such a problem over wanting people to be circumcised would just mutilate themselves [while they are at it!].

And night and day, in the graveyard and in the mountains, he was always shouting out and cutting himself with [sharp] rocks.