Mark 9:43 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴³ And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ And if your hand puts a stumbling block before you and causes you to sin, cut it off! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to go into life [that is really worthwhile] maimed than with two hands to go to hell (Gehenna), into the fire that cannot be put out.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Common English Bible

⁴³ If your hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter into life crippled than to go away with two hands into the fire of hell, which can’t be put out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴³ Where there worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.

Mark 9:43 Cross References

Job 20:13

though he is loath to let it go, and holds it in his mouth,

Isaiah 1:31

And the strong shall become tow, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”

Matthew 17:27

However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.

Mark 9:44

Luke 14:13

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

Luke 14:21

So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Romans 8:13

for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Galatians 5:24

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Titus 2:12

training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world,

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

1 Peter 2:1

So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.