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Mark 9:43 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Mark 9:43 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Mark chapter 9 verse 43 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And if thy hand offend 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: offend: or, cause thee to offend”
Mark 9:43 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 9:43
Jesus commanded radical action against sin: 'if thy hand offend 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' (ἐὰν σκανδαλίζῃ σε ἡ χείρ σου, ἀπόκοψον αὐτήν· καλόν ἐστίν σε κυλλὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ἢ τὰς δύο χεῖρας ἔχοντα ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γέενναν, εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον). This is hyperbolic language—Jesus doesn't command literal self-mutilation (bodily mutilation wouldn't cure sinful hearts). Rather, He emphasizes that avoiding hell justifies any earthly cost. 'Cut off' (apokopson, ἀπόκο...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 9:43
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“pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish”
“cut it off”
“'Depart from me”
“seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses”
“that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause{NU omits without a cause.} shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother”
“and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn”
“uncleanness”
“denying ungodliness and worldly lusts”
“you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body”
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”