Mark 9:47

Updated: June 3, 2025
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And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
World English Bible (WEB)
And{G2532} if{G1437} thine{G4675} eye{G3788} offend{G4624}{(G5725)} thee{G4571}, pluck{G1544} it{G846} out{G1544}{(G5628)}: it is{G2076}{(G5748)} better{G2570} for thee{G4671} to enter{G1525}{(G5629)} into{G1519} the kingdom{G932} of God{G2316} with one eye{G3442}, than{G2228} having{G2192}{(G5723)} two{G1417} eyes{G3788} to be cast{G906}{(G5683)} into{G1519} hell{G1067} fire{G4442}:
KJV with Strongs
(47) And if your eye causes you to stumble, expel it, it's better you enter into the Kingdom of God one-eyed than having two eyes thrown into Gei-Hinnom.
The F.O.G
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! Better to enter God's kingdom with one eye than be thrown into hell with both eyes,
The F.O.G Paraphrase
And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Mark 9:47

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