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Mark 9
mark.9.m9SaltFire
πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται / expanded
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 default · concise early reading
Witnessesπᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται · א, B, C, L, W, ΔExpanded sacrificial reading
Witnessesexpanded sacrificial clause · A, D, K, Θ, families 1/13, Byzantine traditionFork visible in-line
WitnessesDisplay option · expansion bracketedRecord integrity
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