Mark 9:47 (WEB)

Passage

If your eye causes you to stumble, cast 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,

Nearby Context

Mark 9:45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—

Mark 9:46 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

Mark 9:47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast 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,

Mark 9:48 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ Isaiah 66:24

Mark 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "causes", "stumble", "cast", "better", "enter", "kingdom", "rather", and "than". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "causes" and "stumble", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 46's "where their worm doesn t die and..." into verse 48's "where their worm doesn t die and...", so "causes" and "stumble" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "causes" and "stumble" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.