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What does Mark 9:46 mean?
"‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’"
— Mark 9:46 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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,
‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—
‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
Explanation
Mark 9:46 reads, "where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched." Before explaining its meaning, it's worth noting an important textual point: most modern critical editions of the Greek New Testament, and many newer translations (like the ESV or NIV), omit this verse entirely because the ear
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