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Text -- Mark 9:33-50 (NET)
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Questions About the Greatest
9:33 Then they came to Capernaum . After Jesus was inside the house he asked them , “What were you discussing on the way ?”
9:34 But they were silent , for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest .
9:35 After he sat down , he called the twelve and said to them , “If anyone wants to be first , he must be last of all and servant of all .”
9:36 He took a little child and had him stand among them . Taking him in his arms , he said to them ,
9:37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me , and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me .”
On Jesus’ Side
9:38 John said to him , “Teacher , we saw someone casting out demons in your name , and we tried to stop him because he was not following us .”
9:39 But Jesus said , “Do not stop him , because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me .
9:40 For whoever is not against us is for us .
9:41 For I tell you the truth , whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ’s name will never lose his reward .
9:42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea .
9:43 If your hand causes you to sin , cut it off ! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell , to the unquenchable fire .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 |
Jesus, The Christ |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 |
Commandments |
Worm |
IMMORTAL; IMMORTALITY |
Fire |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
PUNISHMENT, EVERLASTING |
Hell |
Humility |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
RESURRECTION |
Ambition |
ABSTINENCE |
GEHENNA |
Salt |
Worldliness |
Inclusiveness |
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NET Notes: Mar 9:33 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 9:37 Children were very insignificant in ancient culture, so this child would be the perfect object lesson to counter the disciples’ selfish ambition...
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NET Notes: Mar 9:42 The punishment of drowning with a heavy weight attached is extremely gruesome and reflects Jesus’ views concerning those who cause others who be...
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NET Notes: Mar 9:43 The word translated hell is “Gehenna” (γέεννα, geenna), a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words ge hinno...
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NET Notes: Mar 9:44 Most later mss have 9:44 here and 9:46 after v. 45: “where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched” (identical with v. 48). V...
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NET Notes: Mar 9:49 The statement everyone will be salted with fire is difficult to interpret. It may be a reference to (1) unbelievers who enter hell as punishment for r...
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