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47 And if your eye should be causing you to fall, throw it out. It is better that you enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed than be thrown into Gehenna having two eyes— 48 where their worm[a] does not come-to-an-end, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For everyone will be salted with fire.

Have Salt In Yourselves, And Live In Peace

50 “Salt is good. But if the salt should become unsalty, with what will you season it? Be having salt[b] in yourselves, and be living-in-peace with one another”.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:48 That is, the maggots eating their flesh never die. Jesus is quoting Is 66:24.
  2. Mark 9:50 Returning to the main point, be salt to those around you by being servants of all. Don’t lose your saltiness by focusing on who is greater.

47 And if your eye causes you to stumble,(A) 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,(B) 48 where

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

49 Everyone will be salted(D) with fire.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:48 Isaiah 66:24