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Mark 16:15–18 — The Great Commission, Baptism, Belief, and the Promised Signs
The commission joins worldwide preaching, belief, baptism, and apostolic signs. Its warnings must be read grammatically and canonically, not turned into mechanical baptismal salvation or ritual snake handling.
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Mark 16:19–20 — The Ascension, the Apostolic Preaching, and the Closing “Amen”
Mark closes with the ascended Lord enthroned, the disciples preaching everywhere, and the Lord confirming the word. The received text ends with “Amen”; many critical witnesses omit the final seal.
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Mark 9:49 — “Every Sacrifice Shall Be Salted with Salt”: The Disputed Second Clause
Three forms circulate: salting everyone with fire, salting every sacrifice with salt, or the received combination of both. The second clause links Jesus’ saying to Leviticus 2:13.
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Mark 10:7 — “And Cleave to His Wife”: The Full Marriage Citation
The received quotation includes leaving parents and cleaving to a wife before the two become one flesh. Some witnesses omit the cleaving clause, and modern editions may bracket it.
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Mark 10:21 — “Take Up the Cross”: Has the Demand of Discipleship Been Omitted?
The received command tells the rich man to come, take up the cross, and follow Jesus. The critical text omits the cross clause, moving directly from giving to the poor to following.
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Mark 10:24 — “For Them That Trust in Riches”: Qualification or Authentic Saying?
The received text locates the danger in trusting riches. The critical form says simply that entering God’s kingdom is hard, a more general statement that explains the disciples’ astonishment differently.
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Mark 11:22 — “Have Faith in God”: Objective Genitive, Subjective Genitive, or a False Dilemma?
The principal Greek text is stable: “have faith of God.” The issue is how the genitive functions. In context it is an objective genitive, idiomatically rendered “have faith in God.”
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Mark 11:24 — “Believe That Ye Receive” or “Believe That Ye Received”?
The received present tense says “believe that ye receive.” The critical aorist says “believe that ye received,” a Semitic way of expressing the certainty of a future answer.
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Mark 11:26 — “Neither Will Your Father Which Is in Heaven Forgive Your Trespasses”
The received text balances the command to forgive with a negative warning. The critical text omits the entire verse, usually treating it as assimilation to Matthew 6:15.
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Mark 12:23, 33 — “When They Shall Rise” and Loving God above Burnt Offerings
Two small clauses are disputed in the chapter: “when they shall rise” after “in the resurrection,” and “with all the soul” in the scribe’s summary of the greatest commandment.
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Mark 2:22 — New Wine and New Bottles: Which Clauses Complete the Parable?
Mark’s wineskin saying has several competing grammatical forms. The received text states that new wine bursts old skins, the wine is spilled, the skins are marred, and new wine must go into new skins.
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Mark 2:26 — “In the Days of Abiathar the High Priest”: Error or Authentic Historical Reference?
The phrase about Abiathar appears in both received and principal critical texts, though some witnesses omit or modify it. The historical question turns on Greek idiom and the Samuel narrative, not on an automatic assumption of error.
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