Mark 9:43-47

43 1And 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 2hell,[a] to 3the unquenchable fire.[b]
45 4And 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 5hell.
47 6And 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 7hell,

Cross References 7

  • 1. Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8
  • 2. See Matthew 5:22, 29
  • 3. ver. 48; Matthew 3:12; See Matthew 25:41
  • 4. Matthew 18:8
  • 5. [See ver. 43 above]
  • 6. Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:9
  • 7. See Matthew 5:22, 29

Footnotes 2

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