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Mark 7
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mark.7.m7Verse16
εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω / omit
TEXTBOUNDARYhigh confidence
Does the saying about ears to hear belong after verse 15?
The textual fork determines whether Jesus’s public teaching ends immediately after the inside-out purity saying or adds a familiar hearing summons.
Why this default
Omission is default because the strongest early witnesses move directly from verse 15 to the private explanation. The familiar ears-to-hear formula is easily imported from elsewhere in Mark.
Evidence
ExternalOmit: א, B, L, Δ, 0274 and important early versions; include: A, D, W, Θ, families 1/13 and the broad later tradition.
InternalThe sentence exactly matches a reusable dominical formula and smooths the public saying’s close, giving copyists a clear motive for addition.
Project default[The earliest recoverable text has no verse 16.]
Project default · shorter early text
Witnessesomit verse · א, B, L, Δ, 0274AlternativeIf anyone has ears to hear, let that one hear
Later traditional verse
Witnessesinclude verse · A, D, W, Θ, families 1/13, Byzantine traditionAlternative[If anyone has ears to hear, let that one hear]
Variant bracketed
WitnessesDisplay option · later verse bracketedRecord integrity
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