Matthew 17:21
 
Matthew 17:21
(MLV) But this kind does not go out except by prayer.
(KJV) Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
(1611 KJV) Howbeit, this kind goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting.
(1587 Geneva Bible) Howbeit this kinde goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting.
(1526 Tyndale) How be it this kynde goeth not oute but by prayer and fastinge.
 
Counterfeit Versions
(NIV) Omitted
(NASV) [But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."]
(THE MESSAGE) Omitted
(AMP) But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
(NLT) Omitted
(ESV) Omitted
(CEV) Omitted - They take part of verse 20 and use it for 21
(NCV) [That kind of spirit comes out only if you use prayer and fasting.]"
(HCSB) [However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.]
(NIRV) Omitted - They take part of verse20 and use it for 21
(RSV) Omitted
(NAB-Roman Catholic) Omitted
(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) Omitted
 
Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
touto de to genoV ouk ekporeuetai ei mh en proseuch kai nhsteia
 
Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
Omitted
 
Corrupted Manuscripts
This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Fourth century
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
33 (Miniscule) - Ninth Century
038 - (Majuscule) Ninth century
 
Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Fourth century (corrected)
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century
D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century
L 019 - Seventh century
W 032 - Fourth/fifth century
1 (Minuscule) - Seventh century
13 (Minuscule) - Eighth century
 
Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
Omits entire verse
Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
Tregelles, Samuel - 1857 (in brackets or margin)
Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871 (in brackets or margin)
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
 
Affected Teaching
Here comes the ax. The minority text automatically cut out Matthew's account of what Mark 9:29 says. I guess if you really don't believe in the all mighty God, anything works for you.