Mark 9:45

⁴⁵And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

Mark 9 is a hinge chapter in the Gospel, moving from the dazzling revelation of Jesus’ divine glory on the mountain of transfiguration to the gritty reality of human brokenness at its base. The chapter confronts the disciples’ failure to cast out a demon, Jesus’ second prediction of