Mar 9:42-48, Luk 17:1-2 | ISV | STEP | “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Mark 9:42-48

42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.Matt 18:6; Luke 17:1 43 So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom} to the fire that cannot be put out.Deut 13:6; Matt 5:29; 18:8 44 In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse}Isa 66:24 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom} 46 In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse} 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear 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. ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom} 48 In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

Luke 17:1-2

1 Causing Others to Sin Matthew 18:6-7, 21-22; Mark 9:42

Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!Matt 18:6-7; Mark 9:42; 1Cor 11:19 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.