Mark 9:41-48

41 "For ¹whoever * 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 "²Whoever 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 "³If 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 ⁴hell, into the ⁵unquenchable 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 ⁶hell,

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

47 "⁷If 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 ⁸hell,

48 ⁹where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND ¹⁰THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 10:42
• 2. Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:2; 1 Corinthians 8:12
• 3. Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8
• 4. Matthew 5:22
• 5. Matthew 3:12; Matthew 25:41
• 6. Matthew 5:22
• 7. Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:9
• 8. Matthew 5:22
• 9. Isaiah 66:24
• 10. Matthew 3:12; Matthew 25:41

Footnotes

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