Mark 9:29

Prayer and Fasting

Reading Supported

This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Variant Issue

The KJV/TR reads 'prayer and fasting,' while a very small listed Greek group omits 'and fasting.'

Short omitted phraseMajority Greek supportScant evidence against KJVLatin supportSyriac supportCoptic supportLectionary support

Quick read

Mark 9:29 has strong early and later Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Byzantine, and lectionary support for 'prayer and fasting,' with the shorter reading listed in Sinaiticus first hand, Vaticanus, and one Latin witness.

Support category

Vast majority of Greek manuscripts support 'prayer and fasting'

Sources used

INTF NTVMR; ECM where published/available; NA/UBS apparatuses; Tyndale House Greek New Testament apparatus; passage-specific manuscript studies where applicable

Manuscript Count Snapshot

Manuscript evidence at a glance.

Greek support

1,500+ Greek manuscripts

Greek against

2 principal Greek witnesses plus one Latin witness

Support category

Vast majority of Greek manuscripts support 'prayer and fasting'

Lectionary support

Lectionaries support 'prayer and fasting'

Main evidence against

Sinaiticus first hand, B, one Old Latin witness

Evidence Summary

Vast majority of Greek manuscripts support 'prayer and fasting'

Mark 9:29 has strong early and later Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Byzantine, and lectionary support for 'prayer and fasting,' with the shorter reading listed in Sinaiticus first hand, Vaticanus, and one Latin witness.

Greek support

1,500+ Greek manuscripts

Against

2 principal Greek witnesses plus one Latin witness

Patristic

None listed

Site Summary Score

98% for / 2% against

A site-level summary from the Greek manuscript count plus the Latin, Syriac, Coptic, patristic, lectionary, and printed evidence listed for this passage.

For the KJV/TR reading: 98% site summary score

Against or alternate readings: 2% site summary score

Greek support snapshot: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts

Greek against snapshot: 2 principal Greek witnesses plus one Latin witness