Mark 9:44-50

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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.

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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.’

49 “For everyone will be tested with fire.

50 Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other.”

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts add verse 46, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48 .
• [b]. Isa 66:24 .
• [c]. Greek salted with fire; other manuscripts add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.