KJV King James Version
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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Mark 9:45
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
WEB World English Bible
If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—
ASV American Standard Version
And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable—
Surrounding context — Mark 9
42 And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἐὰνG1437 · eanifὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoπούςG4228 · pousfootσουG4771 · suyouσκανδαλίζῃG4624 · skandalizōto cause to stumbleσε,G4771 · suyouἀπόκοψονG609 · apokoptōto cut offαὐτόν·G846 · autosit/s/heκαλόνG2570 · kalosgoodἐστίνG1510 · eimito beσεG4771 · suyouεἰσελθεῖνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoζωὴνG2222 · zōēlifeχωλὸνG5560 · chōloslameἢG2228 · ēorτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoδύοG1417 · duotwoπόδαςG4228 · pousfootἔχονταG2192 · echōto have/beβληθῆναιG906 · ballōto throw: throwεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoγέεννανG1067 · geennahell: Gehenna
Cross-references
Matthew 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.Mark 9:43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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