Temptations to Sin

42 (A)“Whoever causes one of (B)these little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] (C)it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 (D)And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to (E)hell,[b] to (F)the unquenchable fire.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:42 Greek to stumble; also verses 43, 45, 47
  2. Mark 9:43 Greek Gehenna; also verse 47
  3. Mark 9:43 Some manuscripts add verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48)

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