Mark 9:45
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: better for thee to go into life lame, than having two feet to fall into gihana:
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
44where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.
46where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.
Cross References
Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, that he who is angry against his brother rashly, is obnoxious to the judgment; and he who shall say to his brother, Thou empty one! is liable to the council; and every one who shall say, Thou fool! is liable to the gihano of fire.
Mark 9:43But if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: better for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana;
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 →