Mark 9:43-48

43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands.
45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet.
47 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It’s better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
48 ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Greek Gehenna; also in 9:45, 47 .
  • [b]. Some manuscripts add verse 44, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48 .
  • [c]. Some manuscripts add verse 46, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48 .
  • [d]. Isa 66:24 .
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