Mark 9:45

Webster's Bible (1833)

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched--

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  • Mark 9:43 : 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{Gehenna is a word for Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.} into the unquenchable fire,
  • Matt 18:8 : 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna{Gehenna is another name for Hell that brings to mind an image of a burning garbage dump with dead bodies in it.}.

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  • Mark 9:42-44
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    42Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

    43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{Gehenna is a word for Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.} into the unquenchable fire,

    44'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

  • Matt 18:6-9
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    6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

    7"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

    9If your eye causes you to stumble, 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 the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.

  • Mark 9:46-48
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    46'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

    47If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

    48'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

  • Matt 5:29-30
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    29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

    30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Heb 12:13
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    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

  • Matt 13:41-42
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    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

    42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

  • Matt 3:10
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    10"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

  • Luke 13:9
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    9If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

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

  • Matt 10:28
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    28Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

  • Prov 5:5
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    5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

  • John 15:6
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    6If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Luke 9:24-25
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    69%

    24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

    25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

  • Luke 9:62
    69%

    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    69%

    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

    16For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

  • Rev 20:15
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    15If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

  • Rom 3:15
    69%

    15"Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • 1 Cor 12:15
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    15If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.

  • Prov 6:28
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    28Or can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

  • Lev 21:19
    68%

    19or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

  • Matt 25:30
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    30Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Deut 28:35
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    35Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

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

  • Eccl 10:9
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    9Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

  • Matt 25:41
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    41Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

  • Deut 19:21
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    21Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Luke 9:5
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    5As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"

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    6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

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    46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

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