As usual of him, and in his bid to lure the NDC to respond in harsh manner, the former President turned his guns on the late President Mills who was a beneficiary of the NDC capos» decision to «stop» Mr Rawlings in his elongation plot to hang onto power. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
All verses like this and Matthew 5:28 (where Jesus talks about adultery in a similarly harsh manner, are meant to do is point us straight to verses of Paul's such as Romans 3:23 and Ephesians 2:8 - 9: it's the evidence Jesus provides that, no matter what, even if we never murder a single person or in any way commit adultery, we're nothing without Him... and, oh, yeah, it's the meter that shows us who we are and why we need Him, and only Him (John 14:6), to get to heaven. (redeeminggod.com)
And that group also judges others, outside the group, in a harsh manner because they feel the group is the one with the right answers - everyone else is lost and / or evil. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)