Mark 9:47

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire;

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  • Matt 18:9 : 9 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
  • Mark 9:43 : 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched;
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you, that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever says to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of the council: but whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire.
  • Matt 5:28-29 : 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
  • Matt 10:37-39 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I gaze upon a maiden?
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Gal 4:15 : 15 Where then is that blessing you spoke of? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ. 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

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  • Matt 18:6-9
    4 verses
    96%

    6But whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

    7Woe to the world because of offenses! For it must be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

    8Therefore if your hand or your foot offends you, cut them off and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

    9And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

  • Matt 5:28-30
    3 verses
    90%

    28But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

    30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

  • Mark 9:42-46
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    87%

    42And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

    43And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched;

    44Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

    45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched;

    46Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

  • Mark 9:48
    80%

    48Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    79%

    22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Luke 11:34-35
    2 verses
    77%

    34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is full of light; but when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

    35Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

  • Luke 17:2-3
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    74%

    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

    3Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • Matt 7:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

    4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye?

    5You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

    42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    72%

    41And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?

    42Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

  • Deut 25:12
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    12Then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Mark 10:25
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    25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

  • Deut 19:21
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    21Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 19:24
    70%

    24And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Luke 3:9
    69%

    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 7:19
    69%

    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Mark 4:12
    69%

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  • Exod 21:26
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    26If a man strikes the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

  • Matt 19:21
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    21Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

  • Matt 15:14
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    14Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

  • Amos 9:8
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    8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

  • Matt 22:13
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    13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 25:30
    68%

    30And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Exod 21:24
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    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

  • Luke 13:28
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    28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  • Luke 18:25
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    25For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.