Mark 7

Mark 7:3

:TEXT: “unless they ceremonially wash [their] hands”

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ASV RSVn NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: ANOTES: “unless they wash [their] hands”

Delta syr(s) cop(south)

RSV* : “unless they frequently wash [their] hands”

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KJV NEBn

The word translated “ceremonially” literally means “with a fist.” Since the exact ceremony referred to is unknown, some copyists omitted the word while others replaced it with a word that makes more sense.

Mark 7:4

:TEXT: “the immersings of cups and pots and copper vessels and cots.”

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KJV (“tables”) ASVn RSVn NIVn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “the immersings of cups and pots and copper vessels.”

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEVnOTHER: “the immersings of cups and pots”

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The words “and cots” are in brackets in the UBS text because they are absent from several early manuscripts. It has been suggested that they were added from Leviticus 15:1-33, but it is much more likely that they were omitted either accidently by a mistake of the eye (the Greek words for “copper vessels” and “cots” both end in the same letters) or deliberately by copyists who had trouble imagining the immersings of cots by the Pharisees.

Mark 7:9

:TEXT: “so that plyou may establish plyour tradition!”

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NIVn NEBn TEV? (“uphold”) RANK: DNOTES: “so that plyou may keep plyour tradition!”

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KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV?: The UBS committee had a difficult time deciding between these two readings, but finally decided that the phrase “the commandment of God” might have caused copyists to substitute the word “keep” for “establish.” The English translators, on the other hand, seem to feel that the reading “keep” has stronger manuscript evidence.

Mark 7:16

:TEXT: omit verse 16

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: include verse 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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KJV ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnCOMMENTS: Verse 16 is missing from several important manuscripts. It may have been added here from Mark 4:9 or Mark 4:23.

Mark 7:24

:TEXT: “went away into the region of Tyre.”

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ASVn RSVn NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: ANOTES: “went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon.”

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KJV ASV RSV NASVn NIVnCOMMENTS: Although the words “and Sidon” might have been deleted here by copyists who saw that verse Mark 7:31 says Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon, it is more likely that they were added here from the parallel verse in Matthew 15:21.

Mark 7:28

:TEXT: “she answered by saying to him, ‘Lord,’”

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NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “she answered by saying to him, ‘Yes, Lord’”

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KJV ASV RSV NASV : It is likely that the word “yes” was added here by copyists from the parallel in Matthew 15:27. The word “yes” occurs nowhere else in Mark.