Textual variant
Prayer and fasting
Editions differ on whether Matthew 17 contains the statement that this kind goes out only by prayer and fasting.
Variant, not contradiction
Variant unit
Manuscript- Unit
- Matthew 17:21
- Passages
- Matthew 17:21
- Readings recorded
- 2
Text as seeded
TextThe passage text CodexTrace holds, in the seeded translation.
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Readings
ManuscriptIncluded
The verse follows the saying about faith as a grain of mustard seed.
Translation: Present in the King James Version.
Omitted
The chapter proceeds without the verse.
Translation: Omitted from the running text of most modern translations, producing a numbering gap.
Witness evidence
ManuscriptManuscripts, versions and citations supporting each reading, with the source each entry came from.
Research pending. CodexTrace has not curated a witness list for this variant unit, and does not approximate one — an unverified siglum is indistinguishable from a verified one to most readers. Curating this requires attaching witness rows, each with its own source record.
Translation and interpretive impact
InterpretationTranslation impact
A verse-numbering gap appears in many modern translations.
Interpretive impact
The verse is cited in discussion of fasting; a parallel statement appears in Mark, where the textual situation is also disputed.
Manuscript resources
ManuscriptManuscript evidence has not yet been curated for this record.
Linked contradiction records
AnalysisClaims whose tension may be explained, in whole or part, by this variant.
No contradiction record is linked to this variant.
Sources
Source- [1]
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King James Version (Authorised Version)
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