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Jesus continues teaching about entering the kingdom of God.
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Mark 9:47-48

The Eye and the Kingdom

Listen to Him and Be at Peace · Mark 9

Story guide: Jesus continues teaching with a warning about the eye, contrasting entry into God’s kingdom with being thrown into Gehenna.

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47And if your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be thrown into Gehenna,

48where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

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