• Mark 9:43
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 43 Καὶ And ἐὰν if ever σκανδαλίσῃ might stumble σε you ἡ the χείρ hand σου, of you, ἀπόκοψον cut off αὐτήν· it; καλόν fine ἐστίν it is σε you κυλλὸν maimed εἰσελθεῖν to enter εἰς into τὴν the ζωὴν life ἢ than τὰς the δύο two χεῖρας hands ἔχοντα having ἀπελθεῖν to go off εἰς into τὴν the γέενναν, Gehenna, εἰς into τὸ the πῦρ fire τὸ the ἄσβεστον. inextinguishable.

  • Mark 9:43
    King James Version

    • 43 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:

  • Mark 9:43
    American Standard Version

    • 43 And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

  • Mark 9:43
    The Bible in Living English

    • 43 And if your hand trips you up, cut it off: it is better that you pass into life one-armed than that with both your hands you should go into hell, into the inextinguishable fire.

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 9:43

      makes you stumble: In this context, the Greek word skan·da·liʹzo could also be rendered “becomes a snare to you; causes you to sin.”​—See study note on Mt 18:7.

      cut it off: Jesus was using hyperbole. He was saying that a person should be willing to give up something as precious as a hand, a foot, or an eye rather than allow it to cause him to stumble into unfaithfulness. He was obviously not encouraging self-mutilation or implying that a person was somehow subservient to the will of his limbs or eyes. (Mr 9:45, 47) He meant that a person should deaden a body member, or treat it as if it were severed from the body, rather than use it to commit a sin. (Compare Col 3:5.) He should allow nothing to hinder him from gaining life.

      Gehenna: See study note on Mt 5:22 and Glossary.