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42 (A)And whoever causes one of these [a]little ones who believe to stumble, it [b]would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he [c]had been cast into the sea. 43 (B)And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into [d](C)hell, into the (D)unquenchable fire, 44 [e][and where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]

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  1. Mark 9:42 Humble
  2. Mark 9:42 Lit is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hung
  3. Mark 9:42 Lit has been thrown
  4. Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna
  5. Mark 9:44 vv 44 and 46, which are identical to v 48, are not found in the early mss

Causing to Stumble

42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble,(A) it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.(B) 43 If your hand causes you to stumble,(C) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,(D) where the fire never goes out.(E) [44] [a]

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  1. Mark 9:44 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.