Mark 9:37-47

37 "¹Whoever * receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever * receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me."

Dire Warnings

38 ²John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and ³we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

39 But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

40 "⁴For he who is not against us is for us.

41 "For ⁵whoever * gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

42 "⁶Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better * for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.

43 "⁷If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into ⁸hell, into the ⁹unquenchable fire,

44 [ where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]

45 "If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into ¹⁰hell,

46 [ where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]

47 "¹¹If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into ¹²hell,

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 10:40; Luke 10:16; John 13:20
• 2. Mark 9:38-40: {Luke 9:49, 50}
• 3. Numbers 11:27-29
• 4. Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23
• 5. Matthew 10:42
• 6. Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:2; 1 Corinthians 8:12
• 7. Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8
• 8. Matthew 5:22
• 9. Matthew 3:12; Matthew 25:41
• 10. Matthew 5:22
• 11. Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:9
• 12. Matthew 5:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "one of such children"
• [b]. Or "on our side"
• [c]. Lit "in a name that you are Christ's"
• [d]. I.e. humble
• [e]. Lit "is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hung"
• [f]. Lit "has been thrown"
• [g]. Gr "Gehenna"
• [h]. Vv 44 and 46, which are identical to v 48, are not found in the early mss
• [i]. Gr "Gehenna"
• [j]. See v 44, note
• [k]. Gr "Gehenna"