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Berean Standard Bible

“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.”

Mark 9:43-44

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Study note

Jesus is teaching his disciples about the seriousness of sin and about not causing others to stumble. He uses sharp, deliberately shocking language about cutting off a hand or foot or plucking out an eye.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

World English Bible (WEB)

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

King James Version (KJV)

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:

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'And if your hand may cause you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y si tu mano te escandalizare, córtala: mejor te es entrar á la vida manco, que teniendo dos manos ir á la Gehenna, al fuego que no puede ser apagado;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Si tu mano te hace pecar, córtatela. Mejor te es ser manco y entrar en la vida que tener las dos manos e ir a parar al inextinguible fuego del infierno.

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