A moment in scripture
Mark 9:47
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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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The surrounding passage
- 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:
- Mark 9:46
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:48
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:49
For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.