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Mark 9:43

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43And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off. cIt is better for you to enter life maimed dthan to have two hands and go to •hell—the unquenchable fire, e

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Footnotes

  1. •The Greek word is gehenna; it is the Aramaic term for the Valley of Hinnom on the south side of Jerusalem; formerly, it was a place of human sacrifice, and in NT times, a place for the burning of garbage; it is the place of final judgment for those rejecting Christ.

Cross references

  1. c9:43 Mt 5:29–30
  2. d9:43 Mt 15:30–31
  3. e9:43 Mt 3:12; 5:22; 25:41; 2Th 1:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And 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 hell, to the unquenchable fire.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than, having two hands, to go into hell—into the unquenchable fire!

KJV 1900King James Version

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: