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Mark 2
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mark.2.m2Repentance
καλέσαι δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς / + εἰς μετάνοιαν
TEXTBOUNDARYTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Does Jesus add ‘to repentance’?
Jesus completes the physician analogy by describing the people his mission is directed toward.
Why this default
The shorter mission statement is default because it has strong early support. ‘To repentance’ makes the purpose explicit and is readily explained as harmonization to Luke 5:32.
Evidence
ExternalShort: א, B, D, W and important early support; expanded ‘to repentance’: A, C, K, L, Θ and the broad later tradition.
InternalThe familiar Lukan purpose phrase naturally expands Mark’s compact saying; coordinated early loss is less likely.
Project defaultto call not righteous ones, but sinners
Project default · shorter early reading
Witnessesκαλέσαι δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς · א, B, D, W, early supportAlternativeto call not righteous ones, but sinners to repentance
Later expansion
Witnesses... ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν · A, C, K, L, Θ, later traditionAlternativeto call not righteous ones, but sinners [to repentance]
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