Mark 9:42-48

Temptations to Sin

42 ¹"Whoever causes one of ²these little ones who believe in me to sin,^[a]3it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

43 ⁴And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to ⁵hell,^[b] to ⁶the unquenchable fire.^[c]

45 ⁷And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into ⁸hell.

47 ⁹And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into ¹⁰hell,

48 'where ¹¹their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:2; [1 Corinthians 8:12]
• 2. [Zechariah 13:7]
• 3. [Mark 14:21]
• 4. Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8
• 5. See Matthew 5:22, 29
• 6. ver. 48; Matthew 3:12; See Matthew 25:41
• 7. Matthew 18:8
• 8. [See ver. 43 above]
• 9. Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:9
• 10. See Matthew 5:22, 29
• 11. Isaiah 66:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek to stumble; also verses 43, 45, 47
• [b]. Greek Gehenna; also verse 47
• [c]. Some manuscripts add verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48)