Mark 9:41-43
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in the name that you are Christ’s— truly I say to you that he will by no means lose his reward.
Whoever Causes One of These Little Ones To Fall Would Be Better Off Dead
42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones believing in Me to fall— it would be better for him if instead a donkey’s millstone[a] were lying around his neck, and he had[b] been thrown into the sea.
Better To Remove Whatever Causes You To Fall Than To Go Into Hell
43 And if your hand should be causing you to fall, cut[c] it off. It is better that you enter into life crippled than go into Gehenna[d] having two hands— into the inextinguishable[e] fire.
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- Mark 9:42 That is, a large millstone turned by a donkey.
- Mark 9:42 That is, he would be better off to have been violently killed before committing this sin than to face the consequences of it.
- Mark 9:43 That is, take whatever measures are necessary to eliminate causes of falling in your life.
- Mark 9:43 That is, hell.
- Mark 9:43 Or, unquenchable.
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