Does it matter ...? Does Matthew 17.21 belong in your Bible?
08 January 2024
AV/KJV Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
ESV [verse missing]
It does matter …
Because every word of God matters (cf. Proverbs 30.5). But also because there is overwhelming documentary evidence since the earliest times for this reading. The verse is in the majority of manuscripts, and quoted by Early Christian writers from the second
century onwards. This omission in the ESV is serious since it also deletes all other references to fasting and prayer on the basis of certain manuscripts (Mark 9.29 and Acts 10.30). To find out more read the article, Why Matthew 17.21 is in the Bible.
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