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Mark 9:43–46

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43If your hand causes you to stumble,w cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,x where the fire never goes out.y [44]b 45And if your foot causes you to stumble,z cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.a [46]c

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Footnotes

  1. bSome manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
  2. cSome manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.

Cross references

  1. wSee Mt 5:29
  2. xMt 5:30; 18:8
  3. ySee Mt 25:41
  4. zSee Mt 5:29
  5. aMt 18:8

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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. And 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 hell.

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. And if your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

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. 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.

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! And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life lame than, having two feet, to be thrown into hell!

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: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.