Daily Bible Nugget #629, Mark 9:42

The Nugget:

Mar 9:42  And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.  (KJV)

Mar 9:42 And whoever leads one of these lowly believers to do wrong, might better have a huge millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea. (Williams NT)

Mar 9:42 And, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be far better for him if he had been thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck. (Twentieth Century New Testament)

The Context:

Mar 9:42  And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Mar 9:43  And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: 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:
Mar 9:44  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:45  And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mar 9:46  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:47  And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
Mar 9:48  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:49  For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Mar 9:50  Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. (KJV)

My Comment:

There is an interesting parallel passage for the expression “it is better” found above in Mark 9:42 given in Mark 14:21,

Mark 14:21
21  The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
King James Version

Jesus warned about offending “one of these little ones that believe in me.” Reading the different English translations I shared above, “offending” means and includes leading another to do wrong and putting “a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me.” Anyone who would entrap a child in evil merits a place in hell, “into the fire that never shall be quenched.”

Failure to thoroughly teach and ground young people in the truth of the Bible has led to a considerable falling away from the Christian faith for many once they reach college. Such loss of faith is uncalled  for. Parents, churches, pastors, and Sunday school teachers need to take the subjects of apologetics, Christian evidences, and hermeneutics seriously and teach them to our young people.

 

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