Mark 9:26-50 ▼

26 And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!”

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he stood up.

28 And when He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”

29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”

30 From there they went out and were going through Galilee, and He was not wanting anyone to know about it.

31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise again three days later.”

32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

33 And they came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

35 And sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

36 And taking a child, He set him before them. And taking him in His arms, He said to them,

37 “Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

38 John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to hinder him because he was not following us.”

39 But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

40 For he who is not against us is for us.

41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name because you are of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.

43 And 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 fire,

44 [and where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]

45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,

46 [and where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]

47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,

48 where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.

49 “For everyone will be salted with fire.

50 Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”