Mark 9:42
(KJV)
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe
in me, it is better for him
that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
(1611
KJV)
And whosoeuer shall offend one of these litle ones that beleeue
in me, it is better for him,
that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and he were cast into the Sea.
(1587
Geneva Bible)
And whosoeuer shal offend one of these litle ones, that beleeue
in me, it were better for him
rather, that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into
the sea.
(1568
Bishops Bible)
And whosoeuer shall offende one of these litle ones, that beleue
in me, it were better for
him, if a mylstone were hanged about his necke, and he were cast into the sea.
(1539
Great Bible)
And whosoeuer shall offende one of these lytelons, that beleue
in me, it were better for
hym, yf a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke, and he were cast into the see.
(1537
Matthew’s Bible)
And whosoeuer shall offende one of these litelons, that beleue
in me, it were better for him
that a milstone were hanged aboute hys necke, & that he were caste into the sea.
(1535
Coverdale Bible)
And who so offendeth one of these litle ones that beleue in me, it were better
for him, that a mylstone were haged aboute his neck, and he cast in to the see.
(1526
Tyndale Bible)
And whosoever shall offende one of these lytelons yt beleve
in me it were better for him
yt a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke and yt he he were cast into ye see:
Counterfeit Versions
(THE
MESSAGE) “On the other hand, if you give one of these
simple, childlike believers a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their
simple trust, you’ll soon wish you hadn’t. You’d be better off dropped in the
middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck.
(NASV) “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.
(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) But whoever
stumbles one of these little ones who have faith, it would be better for him if
a millstone that is turned by a donkey were put around his neck and he were
pitched into the sea.
Textus Receptus – Traditional Text
και ος αν σκανδαλιση ενα των μικρων τουτων των πιστευοντων
εις εμε καλον εστιν αυτω
μαλλον ει περικειται λιθος μυλικος περι τον τραχηλον αυτου και βεβληται εις την
θαλασσαν
Hort-Westcott – Critical Text
και ος αν σκανδαλιση ενα των μικρων τουτων των πιστευοντων καλον εστιν αυτω
μαλλον ει περικειται μυλος ονικος περι τον τραχηλον αυτου και βεβληται εις την
θαλασσαν
Corrupt Manuscripts
This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century (Original)
D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century
Delta 037 - Ninth century
Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
Stephanus (1550 A.D.)
Beza 1598
Elzevir 1624 - 1633
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century (corrected)
D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century (E & A)
L 019 - Seventh centur
Theta 038 - Ninth century
1 (Minuscule) - Seventh century
13 (Minuscule) - Eighth century
Published Greek Texts with Corruptions
Omit “in me” after believe
Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
Westcott and Hort - 1881
Weiss, Bernhard - 1894
Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
Nestle-Aland - 2012 - Twenty Eighth Edition
United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
Von Soden, Freiherr - 1902
Affected Teaching