Mark 9:29
KJV Reading Defended
This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Why the KJV Reading Is Retained
The KJV/TR reads 'prayer and fasting,' while a very small listed Greek group omits 'and fasting.'
Disputed unit
Whether καὶ νηστείᾳ (“and fasting”) follows προσευχῇ.
Evidence assessment
“And fasting” is carried by 44 named Greek apparatus entries in the ECM Mark selected corpus, including the correction of Sinaiticus, Codex Ephraemi, Bezae, Regius, Washingtonianus, Koridethi and Athous Lavrensis, together with three lectionaries and the Byzantine reconstructed witness. Two further Greek entries carry related long forms. The short reading is carried by the first hand of Sinaiticus, Vaticanus and 0274.
Primary support for the KJV reading
44 named apparatus entries in the ECM Mark selected corpus
King James Bible reading
This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Evidence sources
Sources used for the witnesses, readings, dates, and notes on this page. Complete citations appear in the References section at the end of the page.
Governing apparatus and count scope
The current digital ECM Mark apparatus, built on full transcriptions of 209 selected Greek manuscripts together with the reconstructed versional and patristic states. Counts below name the entries this apparatus displays.
Earliest KJV-supporting evidence
Earliest exact patristic citation catalogued here
c. AD 370 — Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Fasting 1.9, directly quotes the prayer-and-fasting form.
Earliest surviving Greek support: Late fourth–early fifth century — Codex Bezae (D); fifth century — Codex Ephraemi (C). P45 is deficient at this unit and is not counted on either side.
Primary support for the KJV reading
The sections below preserve each supporting, competing, and related record under its proper evidence type.
Majority Text standing
The words “and fasting”
The KJV/TR phrase is the overwhelming numerical Majority Text reading and the dominant Byzantine form.
Estimated Greek support: More than 1,500 Greek manuscripts
This is a conservative working estimate based on the published Majority or Byzantine designation and the approximate number of continuous-text manuscripts that preserve the book. Lacunae and collation scope make the exact denominator vary by verse.
Source scope and denominator
The current digital ECM Mark apparatus, built on full transcriptions of 209 selected Greek manuscripts together with the reconstructed versional and patristic states. Counts below name the entries this apparatus displays.
Greek support in the cited corpus
44 named Greek apparatus entries for the exact long reading, 46 with the two related long forms, plus the Byzantine reconstructed witness
Greek competing evidence in the cited corpus
3 named Greek witnesses in the ECM Mark selected corpus
Lectionary evidence
Lectionaries support 'prayer and fasting'
Principal competing witnesses named in the snapshot
Evidence represented on this page
Greek manuscripts
Represented
Ancient versions
Represented
Church fathers
Represented
Printed editions
No entry listed
Complete source-scoped roster
This roster preserves every named or grouped state recovered in the governing sources, including exact readings, competing readings, corrections, related forms, lacunae, versions, and aggregate traditions. When Maj or Byz appears on the KJV side, it marks the numerically dominant Greek transmission at that unit. The green Majority Text card above supplies the best available passage-specific estimate. The grouped siglum is then retained so it is not mistaken for one individual manuscript.
Apparatus and roster scope
The current digital ECM Mark apparatus, built on full transcriptions of 209 selected Greek manuscripts together with the reconstructed versional and patristic states. Counts below name the entries this apparatus displays.
KJV/TR unit: καὶ νηστείᾳ
01C2 04 05 019r 032r 038r 044 1 13 28r 33 69 124 205 209 346 427r 543 565 579 700 706 732 788 792 826 828 892 983 1342 1424 1542S 1582 1689 2193 2542 2886
Grouped evidence: Byz · [022r 0211r 179r L60]r
L547 L950 L2211
AnastS Antioch Bas Evagr HesH PsAthmss K:B
καὶ τῇ νηστείᾳ
037r
διὰ προσευχῆς καὶ νηστείας
827
01* 03 0274
L:K
L:DIV S:VS>P>H CPA:C>L K:S Ä Go
P45 043 067 0131 0233 590 L844
Precisely located citations and additional names reported by the controlling apparatus are kept separate. An apparatus-level attribution is not presented as an independently verified exact quotation.
Eclogae Propheticae 15.1
Allusion in Eclogae Propheticae 15.1.
Open sourceHomily on Fasting 1.9
Direct quotation in Homily on Fasting 1.9.
Locator: PG 31:181
Open sourceRoster distinctions
Evidence notes
Evidence assessment
“And fasting” is carried by 44 named Greek apparatus entries in the ECM Mark selected corpus, including the correction of Sinaiticus, Codex Ephraemi, Bezae, Regius, Washingtonianus, Koridethi and Athous Lavrensis, together with three lectionaries and the Byzantine reconstructed witness. Two further Greek entries carry related long forms. The short reading is carried by the first hand of Sinaiticus, Vaticanus and 0274.
Primary support for the KJV reading
44 named apparatus entries in the ECM Mark selected corpus
Evidence represented on this page
References
Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung. New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room. Münster: University of Münster.
Aland, Barbara, et al., eds. Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012.
Robinson, Maurice A., and William G. Pierpont. The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform 2018. Nürnberg: VTR Publications, 2018.
Tyndale House, Cambridge, ed. The Greek New Testament. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017.
Digital Editio Critica Maior, Mark (INTF). Mark 9:29.
INTF official list of passages with a split guiding line. Mark 9:29.
NTVMR correction record for GA 706 at Mark 9:29. GA 706.
INTF Kurzgefasste Liste / NTVMR manuscript metadata. Physical dates for the named Greek manuscripts.
INTF Patristic Citations database