[verga]

Well, you may want to check your Bible, my FRiend. This passage is not in most of the oldest and most reliable manuscripts. It appears along with the snake handlers (is that going on in your group, also?) and the poison drinkers (please...).

I also refer you to the Greek New Testament (Fourth revised edition) Aland and Metzger (I trust even you recognize the name of Bruce Metzger). You might also check out "The Complete Word study New Testament, Parallel interlinear) Translated by Spiros Zodhiates, a Ph.D. Native speaking Greek Protestant.

You really are not enforcing your argument with you complete lack of scholarship.

[Dutchboy88]

Well, Metzger simply revised the Nestle 1927 version and his 4th (’93) was reprinted without change from ‘75 version. The Nestle text we used in Greek class was ‘77. NIV used Nestle. So, now what? This has little to do with whether the oldest mss. exclude the Mark passage.