43 And (A)if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into [a](B)hell, into the (C)unquenchable fire.[b] 45 And if your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life without a foot, than, having your two feet, to be thrown into [c](D)hell.[d] 47 And (E)if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into [e](F)hell, 48 (G)where their worm does not die, and (H)the fire is not extinguished. 49 For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good; but (I)if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you [f]make it salty again? (J)Have salt in yourselves, and (K)be at peace with one another.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna
  2. Mark 9:43 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 44
  3. Mark 9:45 Gr Gehenna
  4. Mark 9:45 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 46; cf. note 2 v 43
  5. Mark 9:47 Gr Gehenna
  6. Mark 9:50 Lit season it

43 If your hand causes you to stumble,(A) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,(B) where the fire never goes out.(C) [44] [a] 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble,(D) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.(E) [46] [b] 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble,(F) pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,(G) 48 where

“‘the worms that eat them do not die,
    and the fire is not quenched.’[c](H)

49 Everyone will be salted(I) with fire.

50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?(J) Have salt among yourselves,(K) and be at peace with each other.”(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:44 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
  2. Mark 9:46 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
  3. Mark 9:48 Isaiah 66:24