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Mark 9

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mark.9.m9SaltFire

πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται / expanded

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Is everyone salted with fire, or is every sacrifice also salted with salt?

The concise paradox is strongly early. A widespread expansion adds sacrificial wording influenced by Leviticus 2:13.

Why this default

The concise paradox is default because it is strongly early. The sacrificial clause explains the salt imagery by importing the wording and logic of Leviticus 2:13.

Evidence

ExternalShort: א, B, C, L, W and Δ; expanded: A, D, K, Θ, families 1/13 and the Byzantine tradition.

InternalAn explanatory sacrificial parallel is much easier to add than for diverse early witnesses to remove together.

Project defaultFor everyone will be salted with fire

Project default · concise early reading

Witnessesπᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται · א, B, C, L, W, Δ
AlternativeFor everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt

Expanded sacrificial reading

Witnessesexpanded sacrificial clause · A, D, K, Θ, families 1/13, Byzantine tradition
AlternativeFor everyone will be salted with fire [and every sacrifice with salt]

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WitnessesDisplay option · expansion bracketed

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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