41 For (A)whoever gives you a cup of water to drink [a]because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

42 (B)Whoever causes one of these [b]little ones who believe to stumble, it [c]would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he [d]had been cast into the sea. 43 (C)If 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 [e](D)hell, into the (E)unquenchable fire,

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:41 Lit in a name that you are Christ’s
  2. Mark 9:42 I.e. humble
  3. Mark 9:42 Lit is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hung
  4. Mark 9:42 Lit has been thrown
  5. Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna

41 Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.(A)

Causing to Stumble

42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble,(B) it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.(C) 43 If your hand causes you to stumble,(D) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,(E) where the fire never goes out.(F)

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