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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 sentence is absent from the strongest early witnesses and appears widely later, likely imported from Mark’s repeated formula elsewhere.
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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