42 But if anyone leads one of these little ones who trust in me into sin, it would be better for them if they were thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around their neck. 43 If your hand leads you to sin, cut it off! It’s better to enter eternal life as a cripple than to go with both hands into Gehenna,9:43. The word used here is literally, "Gehenna," sometimes translated "hell" or "hellfire." Gehenna was the place outside of Jerusalem where fires were lit to dispose of rubbish by burning. "Hell" is a concept that is derived from Nordic and Anglo-Saxon mythology and does not adequately convey the meaning here. Also verses 45 and 47. See note on Matthew 5:22. into the fire that can’t be put out. 44 9:44. Verse 44 is not found in the early manuscripts.45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It’s better to enter eternal life lame than to be thrown into Gehenna still having two feet. 46 9:46. Verse 46 is not found in the early manuscripts.47 If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out! It’s better to enter the kingdom of God with just one eye than to be thrown into Gehenna still having both eyes, 48 where the worm doesn’t die and the fire never goes out.
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