MARK

1:1 "the Son of God" is left out. These words present Jesus Christ asDeity. Such an omission is a direct attack on the person of Christ and iswithout doubt a doctrinal error.

1:31 "immediately" is dropped. The descriptive word tells us when the feverleft her and therefore provides us with a miracle. The word left out deniesthe miracle and thus the one who performed it.

2:17 "to repentance" is left out. See comments on Matt. 9:13.

3:15 "to heal sicknesses" is omitted. Jesus gave them authority to healdiseases as well as to cast out demons. Sickness is the result of sin(Adam's) and the only one who has authority to eliminate it is the one whowould die for sin. On the basis of his approaching death for sin onCalvary he could say, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee" and "Rise up andwalk."

4:24 "and unto you that hear shall more be given" is left out. It is aBible teaching that those who seek truth from the Lord shall be given moretruth (see John 7:17).

5:36 "as soon" is dropped. The word in the Greek is "immediately." The wordimmediately is constantly dropped by the Revisers of 1881. It is a key wordin Mark which is the Gospel of the Servant of the Lord who came "not to beministered unto, but to minister." When Jairus was told that his daughterwas dead and that he should not trouble Jesus further, the Lord"immediately" encouraged him to believe.

6:11 "Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom andGomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city" is removed from thetext. This passage emphasizes the great degree of responsibility that wasupon those cities who heard the Lord's apostles as they preached repentanceand worked miracles before them. Sodom and Gomorrah did not have suchlight, yet they are still suffering the eternal wrath of God (see Jude 7where "suffering" is in the present tense). How much more the judgment ofAmerica today where people sit in an abundance of complete revelation fromGod and choose to remain in darkness.

7:8 "as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things yedo" is omitted. The Lord not only condemns the Pharisees for traditions ofmen, but he names them. There are traditions of men today which are sendingpeople to Hell and preachers need to name them. It is doctrinally unsoundto let men go on in traditions and not expose them.

9:23 "if thou canst believe" is dropped. The father had said to Jesus, "ifthou canst do anything." To this lack of faith Jesus answered, "if thoucanst believe." It was at once a rebuke and an encouragement to have faithin him. The father's answer in the next verse is beautiful but the Revisersruined that also. They omitted "with tears, Lord" from the most preciousanswer as recorded by the Spirit of God.

9:45 "into the fire that never shall be quenched" is dropped. The characterand duration of Hell is described here and the doctrine of eternalretribution is affected by this change.

9:47 "fire" is omitted. The words are inspired and in complete agreementwith Rev. 20:15. The consignment of the lost to the lake of fire is a Bibledoctrine.

10:21 "take up the cross" is left out. The word to the young man was todivest himself of the riches in which he trusted, consider himself dead tothe world, and follow Christ into eternal life. There are many who willlet go of riches and seek to emulate some of Christ's teachings, but theway of the cross they refuse. The cross for Christ and for believers isFundamental in Christian doctrine.

10:24 "for them that trust in riches" is left out. This is a very glaringdoctrinal error. It is not hard to enter into the kingdom of God (salvationis a free gift through faith in Jesus Christ) but it is hard for those whotrust in riches to trust Christ alone for salvation. Their God is theirwealth and it is no more compatible with Christ than Dagon was with the Arkof God (see 1 Sam. 5:1-5).

11:26 The whole verse is removed. It is a Bible doctrine that if we regardiniquity in our heart the Lord will not hear us. Answered prayer and cleanvessels go together. When I confess my sins and ask God for favor herequires that my confession of sin include forgiveness of those who havesinned against me. If I refuse to forgive others it becomes sin to me (seeEph. 4:32).


14:22 "eat" is dropped. Our Lord did not give them a relic from the LastSupper to take home and cherish. He gave them broken bread to eat which(when observed) would always remind them of his body which was broken forthem.

15:28 The whole verse is left out. Jesus was crucified between two thievesin fulfillment of Isaiah 53:12. It is doctrinal error to eliminate clearstatements concerning the fulfilling of prophecy (see Luke 24:27).

16:9-20 Twelve verses are omitted. These verses are found in every knownmanuscript but two (the oldest of those two leaves a blank space where itbelongs). They are found in all the Versions, quoted by the churchfathers, and seen in the lectionaries of the church. There are manydoctrines affected by the omission of these twelve verses. The resurrectionof Christ is deleted. The great commission, baptism, eternal damnation andHis ascension into Heaven are all taken out of the Word of God. Certainlythe gospel does not end with "they were afraid." Some say the ending hasbeen lost (see Dr. Ryrie's Study Bible) but that destroys the BibleDoctrine that God preserves His Word (see 1 Peter 1:23-25). The evidence isclear that these verses are original and to cut them out is to affect manydoctrines of the Christian faith.