Mark 9:44
where 1 ‘ Their worm does not die, 1 and the fire is not quenched.’
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 3:12whose winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His threshing floor, and He will gather His wheat into the barn; but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire.” 1 The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Mark 9:48where 1 ‘ Their worm does not die, 1 and the fire is not quenched.’
Revelation 14:10then he shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And they shall be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
Revelation 20:15And if anyone was not found having been written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:42-50
Pain to Be Preferred to Sin. 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 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… Read the whole commentary →