In the Evangelical Heritage Version, Matthew 17:21 says, "But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”   The KJV, NKJV,...

From this review of the evidence, it seems clear that the text of Mark 9:29 with και νηστεια was read throughout the early church, even i...

          Some additional information about early attitudes regarding fasting can be found in an annotation, consisting of an extract from a...

Having reviewed some of the early church's customs regarding fasting, we now turn to examine some early external evidence about Mark 9:...

A small but interesting textual variant occurs at the end of Mark 9:29.  A veritable tsunami of Greek manuscripts and versional copies of M...