KJV King James Version
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:
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Mark 9:47
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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 than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
WEB World English Bible
If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
ASV American Standard Version
And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire—
Surrounding context — Mark 9
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.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50 Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
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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/whoὀφθαλμόςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeσουG4771 · suyouσκανδαλίζῃG4624 · skandalizōto cause to stumbleσε,G4771 · suyouἔκβαλεG1544 · ekballōto expelαὐτόν·G846 · autosit/s/heκαλόνG2570 · kalosgoodσέG4771 · suyouἐστινG1510 · eimito beμονόφθαλμονG3442 · monophthalmosone-eyedεἰσελθεῖνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoβασιλείανG932 · basileiakingdomτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodἢG2228 · ēorδύοG1417 · duotwoὀφθαλμοὺςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeἔχονταG2192 · echōto have/beβληθῆναιG906 · ballōto throw: throwεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoγέεννανG1067 · geennahell: Gehenna
Cross-references
Matthew 18:9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell 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:Philippians 3:7-8But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.Matthew 5:28-29But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.Luke 14:26If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.Matthew 10:37-39He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Galatians 4:15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.Psalm 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
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