Mark 9:49
And every man shall be salted with fire, and every slain sacrifice shall be made savoury with salt. [+Forsooth every man shall be made savoury with fire, and every slain sacrifice shall be salted with salt.]
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
In Context
48where the worm of them dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Cross References
Leviticus 2:13Whatever thing of sacrifice thou shalt offer, thou shalt make it savory with salt, neither thou shalt take away the salt of the bond of peace of thy God from thy sacrifice; in each offering thou shalt offer salt. (With every grain offering that thou shalt offer, thou shalt make it savoury with salt, yea, thou shalt not fail to offer salt with thy grain offering, for it representeth the covenant with thy God; with every offering thou shalt offer salt.)
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 →