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Missing Verse #6 — Mark 9:46 How Many Is “Some”? Mark 9:46 — “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Open a King James Bible to Mark 9:46 and those words are right where they have always been. Open many modern versions, however, and verse 46 is missing. Depending upon the version, you may find a footnote explaining that “some manuscripts” include the words found in verse 48. 1 “Some manuscripts.” That sounds straightforward enough. But before accepting the

Why Did Jesus Repeat Himself? Have you ever had a teacher repeat something in class?

Jesus Christ said, “If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.” Those are the words of Mark 7:16 in the King James Bible. Yet many modern versions remove this verse from their main text. Why? And what does that removal tell us about the Greek manuscripts and the methods used to reconstruct the text behind modern Bible versions?

Have you ever opened a modern version of the Bible and noticed that Matthew 23 goes from verse 13 to verse 15? What happened to verse 14? In the King James Bible, Matthew 23:14 says: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.” These are the words of Jesus Christ. Yet in many modern versions, those words are not in the main text of Matthew. That raises an

Is Matthew 17:21 in Your Bible? The King James Bible says: “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”— Matthew 17:21 Those are the words of Matthew 17:21. Yet when you compare the King James Bible (KJB) with many modern versions, you may discover that Matthew 17:21 is missing from the main text. Some modern versions omit the verse, while others place it in a footnote or bracket it with an explanation concerning manuscripts. That should cause us to stop and a

Is Matthew 18:11 in Your Bible? The King James Bible says: “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”— Matthew 18:11 Now compare that with Luke 19:10: “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”