47 And if your eye causes you to fall away, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God(A) with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown(B) into hell,(C) 48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.[a] 49 For everyone will be salted with fire.[b][c](D)

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  1. 9:48 Is 66:24
  2. 9:49 Other mss add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt
  3. 9:49 Lv 2:13; Ezk 43:24

47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into [a]hell fire— 48 where

(A)‘Their worm does not die
And the (B)fire is not quenched.’

Tasteless Salt Is Worthless

49 “For everyone will be (C)seasoned with fire, (D)and[b] every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

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  1. Mark 9:47 Gr. Gehenna
  2. Mark 9:49 NU omits the rest of v. 49.

47 (A)And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into (B)hell, 48 ‘where (C)their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ 49 For everyone will be salted with fire.[a]

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  1. Mark 9:49 Some manuscripts add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt