Reading for January 7th

Read Mark 9.42-50. 42-48 (Mt 5.29-30; 18.6-9; LK 17.1-2): 
Warnings against stumbling blocks.
In verse 42 little ones (see comments on the "little child" in 9.33-37) are those who follow Jesus.
In verse 43-47 the saying express the radicality of Jesus' message.
In verse 48 See Isa 66.24.
In verses 49-50 (Mt 5.13; Lk 14.34-35).
Salt perhaps refers to sacrificial offerings and therefore to purification and integrity.
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