- Mark 12:32
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- Mark 12:32
- (KJV)
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the
truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
- (1611 KJV)
And the Scribe said vnto him, Well master, thou hast said
the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but
he.
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
Then that Scribe said vnto him, Well, Master,
thou hast saide the trueth, that there is one God, and that
there is none but he,
- (1526 Tyndale)
And the Scribe sayde vnto him: well master thou hast
sayd ye truthe that ther ys one God and that ther is none but
he.
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- Counterfeit Versions
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(CSB) Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, teacher. You have
correctly said that he is one, and there is no one else except him.
- (NIV) "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying
that God is one and there is no other but him.
- (NASV) The scribe said to Him, "Right, Teacher; You have truly stated
that HE IS ONE, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE BESIDES HIM;
- (THE MESSAGE) The religion scholar said, "A wonderful answer, Teacher!
So lucid and accurate—that God is one and there is no other.
- (AMP) And the scribe said to Him, Excellently and fitly and admirably
answered, Teacher! You have said truly that He is One, and there is no other
but Him;
- (ESV) And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have
truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him.
- (NCV) The man answered, "That was a good answer, Teacher. You were right
when you said God is the only Lord and there is no other God besides him.
- (1901 ASV) And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast
well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:
- (HCSB) Then the scribe said to Him, "You are right, Teacher! You have
correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.
- (NIRV) "You have spoken well, teacher," the man replied. "You are right
in saying that God is one. There is no other God but him.
- (RSV) And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have
truly said that he is one, and there is no other but he;
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher. You
are right in saying, 'He is One and there is no other than he.'
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witness) The scribe said to him: “Teacher, you well said
in line with truth, ‘He is One, and there is no other than He’;
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
- kai eipen autw o grammateuV kalwV didaskale ep alhqeiaV eipaV oti eiV
estin qeoV kai ouk estin alloV plhn autou
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
- eipen autw o grammateuV kalwV didaskale ep alhqeiaV eipeV oti eiV estin
kai ouk estin alloV plhn autou
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus -
Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
- B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
- K 017 - Ninth century
- L 019 - Seventh century
- 036 - (Majuscule) Tenth century
- 038 - (Majuscule) Ninth century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- Stephanus (1550 A.D.)
- D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century
- E 07 - Eighth century
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omit “God” and render “he is one”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
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- Affected Teaching
- In the King James Version and its lineage, it states that there is one
God. This is taught throughout the Bible that there is one God in three
distinct persons: The Father, The Son, and the Holy Ghost. The Hebrew uses
the word “Elohim” for God which denotes three. So we see even in the Hebrew
Scriptures, there speaks of a plurality within one God. However, when we
look at the way the modern versions have rewritten this verse, it carries
with it the idea of Modalism. Modalism is the false teaching that there is
only one God in three manifestations. The manifestations are the Father in
the Old Testament, The Lord Jesus Christ coming to earth, and presently He
is the Holy Spirit. Modalism teaches that there are not three distinct
personalities in the Godhead but only one who manifests Himself differently
at different times, as we read above. Modalism is also known as Oneness and
is taught by the United Pentecostal Church and T.D. Jakes also believes in
the idea of Oneness. As you can plainly read there is a vast difference
between “There is one God” and “He is One.” If the modern versions stated
that He is one in three persons, then it would make sense but they word it
in such a manner that it reeks with oneness. With these modern versions
permeating Christianity, no wonder there is a rise in Modalism and the
denial of the biblical Trinitarian Doctrine.
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