{"id":10014,"date":"2024-08-29T09:06:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=10014"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:26:31","slug":"mark-chapter-9-causing-to-stumble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=10014","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 9 Causing to Stumble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>42\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIf anyone causes one of these little ones\u2014those who believe in me\u2014to stumble,\u00a0it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.\u00a0<sup>43\u00a0<\/sup>If your hand causes you to stumble,\u00a0cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,\u00a0where the fire never goes out.\u00a0<sup>[44]\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>45\u00a0<\/sup>And if your foot causes you to stumble,\u00a0cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.\u00a0<sup>[46]\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>47\u00a0<\/sup>And if your eye causes you to stumble,\u00a0pluck 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,\u00a0<sup>48\u00a0<\/sup>where<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201c\u2018the worms that eat them do not die,<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the fire is not quenched.\u2019<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>49\u00a0<\/sup>Everyone will be salted\u00a0with fire.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>50\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSalt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?\u00a0Have salt among yourselves,\u00a0and be at peace with each other.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>42\u00a0\u201cIf anyone causes one of these little ones\u2014those who believe in me\u2014to stumble,\u00a0it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.\u00a043\u00a0If your hand causes you to stumble,\u00a0cut it off. 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