Mark

Mark 9:45

⁴⁵If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.^g

Footnotes

g 9:45 BYZ and TR include ⁴⁶where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched; see verse 48 and Isaiah 66:24|ISA 66:24.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	ἐὰν	ean	Conjunction	G1437 if
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
foot	πούς	pous	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4228 the foot
causes you to sin	σκανδαλίζῃ	skandalizē	Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G4624 I cause to stumble
cut it off	ἀπόκοψον	apokopson	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G609 I smite, cut off, emasculate
It is	ἐστίν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
better	καλόν	kalon	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2570 beautiful, good, worthy
for you	σε	se	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
to enter	εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G1525 I go in, come in, enter
life	ζωὴν	zōēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2222 life
lame	χωλὸν	chōlon	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5560 lame, deprived of a foot
than	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
to have	ἔχοντα	echonta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2192 I have, hold, possess
two	δύο	dyo	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1417 two
feet	πόδας	podas	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4228 the foot
be thrown	βληθῆναι	blēthēnai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
hell	γέενναν	geennan	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1067 Gehenna

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