If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is more beautiful for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
Mark 9:45 - Y'all Version Bible If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is more beautiful for you to enter life lame than to be thrown into hell with two feet. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if your foot is a cause of stumbling and sin to you, cut it off! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to enter into life [that is really worthwhile] crippled than, having two feet, to be cast into hell (Gehenna). American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible If your foot causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter life lame than to be thrown into hell with two feet. Catholic Public Domain Version where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. |
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is more beautiful for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
But I tell y’all that everyone who is enraged with their sibling will be subject to judgment. Whoever calls their sibling, ‘You good-for-nothing!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is more beautiful for you to enter life maimed than to go hell with two hands, into the unquenchable fire.