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Temptations to Sin

42 ‘If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me,[a] it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell,[b] to the unquenchable fire.[c] 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.[d][e] 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,[f] 48 where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.

49 ‘For everyone will be salted with fire.[g] 50 Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it?[h] Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.’

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:42 Other ancient authorities lack in me
  2. Mark 9:43 Gk Gehenna
  3. Mark 9:43 Verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48) are lacking in the best ancient authorities
  4. Mark 9:45 Gk Gehenna
  5. Mark 9:45 Verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48) are lacking in the best ancient authorities
  6. Mark 9:47 Gk Gehenna
  7. Mark 9:49 Other ancient authorities either add or substitute and every sacrifice will be salted with salt
  8. Mark 9:50 Or how can you restore its saltiness?

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