WHY IS MARK 9:44 & 46 MISSING IN SOME BIBLES?

 BIBLE TRANSLATIONS

What the Hell is going on here?

What's UP?  Why do some Bible Translations omit two verses in the Gospel of Mark? 

Early Bible Manuscripts did not have numbered chapters and numbered verses.  It wasn't until the 1560 Geneva Bible, that a man named Robert Stephanus added numbers to the Bible.

The Mark passage is a VARIANT reading where some Bible manuscripts have added these two verses and other manuscripts are without.  

Some modern translations of the Bible put these verses in (brackets), to make the reader aware that these were most likely added later by scribes or another author.

Let's examine the two verses in question:

44 "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire never goeth out."  Geneva Bible (GNV)

46 "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire never goeth out."  Geneva Bible (GNV)

Critics of New Translations say, you're removing the warning of Hell out of the Bible.  But all New Testament translations include Mark 9:48

48 "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."  King James Version (KJV)

Now let us read the entire passage with these verses included. 

“And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.  And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, [and where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]  And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell, [and where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]  And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

“For everyone will be salted with fire.  Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”  

MARK 9: 42-50  Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Now let us read the entire passage without these verses being added.

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.  And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life without a foot, than, having your two feet, to be thrown into hell. And if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into hell,  where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished.  For everyone will be salted with fire.  Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”  

MARK 9: 42-50  New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Could it be that a scribe wanted to drive the point that Hell is a horrible place by repeating the phrase, 'where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished."

No major doctrine is lost or gained by this variant reading of the Bible.