Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46
Their Worm Dieth Not
Reading Supported
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Variant Issue
Modern editions often omit the repeated verses 44 and 46 while retaining the wording in Mark 9:48.
Quick read
Mark 9:44 and 9:46 are supported by 1,500+ Greek manuscripts and opposed by fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses.
Support category
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
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
Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses
Support category
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Lectionary support
Lectionaries contain verses 44 and 46
Main evidence against
Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, C, L, W, Delta, Psi, family 1, 28, 565, 892
Evidence Summary
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Mark 9:44 and 9:46 are supported by 1,500+ Greek manuscripts and opposed by fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses.
Greek support
1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Against
Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses
Patristic
None listed
Site Summary Score
92% for / 8% 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: 92% site summary score
Against or alternate readings: 8% site summary score
Greek support snapshot: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against snapshot: Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses