Mark 9:43 meaning and explanation

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, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to His disciples in Capernaum, continuing a warning that began with the child He took in His arms. The Greek word for hell here is Gehenna, the valley outside Jerusalem associated with fire and judgment.

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