Mark 9:48 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "where", "worm", "doesn", "fire", "quenched", and "isaiah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "where" and "worm", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 47's "If your eye causes you to stumble..." into verse 49's "For everyone will be salted with fire...", so "where" and "worm" 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 "where" and "worm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.