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Andifthyfootoffend[a]thee,cutitoff: it isbetter for thee to enterhaltintolife,thanhavingtwofeet to be castintohell,into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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Wheretheirwormdiethnot,and the fireisnotquenched.
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Andifthineeyeoffend[b]thee,pluckitout: it isbetter for thee to enterinto the kingdom of God with one eye,thanhavingtwoeyes to be castintohellfire:
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Wheretheirwormdiethnot,and the fireisnotquenched.
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For every one shall be salted with fire,andeverysacrifice shall be salted with salt.
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Salt is good:butif the salt have lost his saltness,wherewithwill ye seasonit?Havesaltinyourselves,and have peaceonewithanother.