Jesus' words about a vague sin committed by a concrete body part parallels how scholars at that time spoke of concrete sins committed by an abstract body ...

"If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life crippled, than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable ...

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.

Christ there and here, directs to what is most proper and fit to be done; even to part with what is ever so near and dear, rather than be drawn into evil by it.

28 июн. 2024 г. · Key Thought: Sin, and leading others to sin, must be avoided at all costs. Being God's pure people is vitally important.

It is better for a man to enter into life with the loss of all those things that are dear and precious to him in this world, rather than to go into hell.

7 мар. 2008 г. · Christ's statement in Mark 9:43-48 is a warning to all of us. He cautions us to be very careful about how we live–and to break any sinful habits which we might ...

10 апр. 2013 г. · In these verses He tells them that it would be better for them to cut off an arm or a leg, or pluck out an eye, if it caused them to sin.

10 апр. 2016 г. · Theme: Even if something precious to us causes us to sin, it's worth taking extreme measures to separate ourselves from it.

29 янв. 2012 г. · We are wrapping up our series on being at peace with one another, based on Jesus' teaching in Mark 9:33-50.