Mark 9:48
"If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,"
Key Reflection
This passage emphasizes the importance of self-discipline and the purification of one's desires to avoid sin. By metaphorically removing a source of temptation, Jesus suggests that it is preferable to sacrifice a part of oneself rather than allowing it to lead to eternal punishment in Gehenna.
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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes