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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, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; (Deut. 13:6)

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Matt. 5:29• ²⁹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should 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, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
⁷Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the 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 pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: (Deut. 13:6‑8)

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

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Matt. 18:8‑9• ⁸Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. (Matt. 18:8‑9)

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Rom. 8:13• ¹³For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (Rom. 8:13)

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1 Cor. 9:27• ²⁷But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. (1 Cor. 9:27)

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Gal. 5:24• ²⁴And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. (Gal. 5:24)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Col. 3:5)

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Titus 2:12• ¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12)

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Heb. 12:1• ¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Heb. 12:1)

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1 Peter 2:1• ¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)

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or, cause thee to offend:

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Mark 9:45,47• ⁴⁵And 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:
⁴⁷And 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: (Mark 9:45,47)

maimed.

Matt. 15:30‑31• ³⁰And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
³¹Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: 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 the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
²¹So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the 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.