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Mark 9:43 KJV (With Strong’s)

Andc if thy hand βoffend 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:*

Deut. 13:6• ⁶If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; (Deut. 13:6)

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Matt. 5:29• ²⁹But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. (Matt. 5:29)

or, cause thee to offend; and so ver. 45 and 47.

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Deut. 13:6‑8• ⁶If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
⁷of the gods of the peoples which are round about you, near unto thee, or far from thee, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth),
⁸thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him, (Deut. 13:6‑8)

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Matt. 5:29‑30• ²⁹But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
³⁰And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. (Matt. 5:29‑30)

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Matt. 18:8‑9• ⁸And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.
⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. (Matt. 18:8‑9)

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Rom. 8:13• ¹³for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live: (Rom. 8:13)

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1 Cor. 9:27• ²⁷But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected. (1 Cor. 9:27)

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Gal. 5:24• ²⁴But they that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts. (Gal. 5:24)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)

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Titus 2:12• ¹²teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things, (Titus 2:12)

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Heb. 12:1• ¹Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us, (Heb. 12:1)

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1 Peter 2:1• ¹Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)

offend thee.

or, cause thee to offend:

and so.

Mark 9:45,47• ⁴⁵And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
⁴⁷And if thine eye serve as a snare to thee, cast it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, (Mark 9:45,47)

maimed.

Matt. 15:30‑31• ³⁰and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:
³¹so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. (Matt. 15:30‑31)

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Luke 14:13,21• ¹³But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:
²¹And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind. (Luke 14:13,21)

• There was no offense really in Him. If it was in them, better to lose anything here, even what was good and given in nature, than eternal life, and go into Hell. (“Mark 9” by J.N. Darby)

• Our God, blessed be His name, "is a consuming fire "; He allows it not in us-thanks be to Him! It is our joy. He cannot allow it anywhere; "Holiness becomes his house forever." It is our portion; and what perfect delight and joy to our souls! Our portion forever! Hence what deep, deep consolation, that God knows everything in us! Then, on the knowledge of this, there is the activity of holiness spoken of here. (“Mark 9” by J.N. Darby)

• It is said to them on the footing of His death which introduced all the principles of God's holiness. (“Mark 9” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And if thy hand serve as a snarec to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into helle, into the fire unquenchable;

JND Translation Notes

See Note g, Matt. 18.6, "offend."

Gehenna.

W. Kelly Translation

And if thy hand ensnare thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go away into hella, into the fire unquenchable

WK Translation Notes

The words "into hell" are attested by most and the best copies, but are not in the Sinai palimpsest.